Thread: MY TWO STRAIGHT RAZORS ARE FINALLY HERE BUT...

He described a chip between the heel and the shoulder. I didn't read anything suggesting a frown.

Originally Posted by Alraz

Jimmy, I read what I said in a post by Tony Miller in this thread:

http://straightrazorpalace.com/strop...p-numbers.html

Perhaps he was only referring to the Illinois 827. I also found a more general, vintage, SPR thread about Russian strops where they discussed this issue in more detail:

http://straightrazorpalace.com/strop...ian-strop.html

They go over several "definitions" for the Russian strop (tanning, origin, compression, ribbing, etc...) and agree that they are rougher. Perhaps you can increase my understanding of strops a bit here, thanks.

Al raz.

Thanks for those posts. As a matter of fact they increased my understanding, particularly the second of the two. I used to have one with the Cyrillic characters at the top and at the bottom it was stamped made in USA .