strop
Milltown-Head Bay d'Espoir Museum
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| Nom de l'objet : | strop |
| Type de l'objet : | razor |
| Classification de l'objet : | man-made artefact |
| Catégorie de l'objet : | personal artefacts |
| Sous-catégorie de l'objet : | toilet article |
| Discipline : | anthropology history material culture |
| Matériaux : | fibre metal |
| Technique de fabrication : | rolled ? sewn stamped cast |
| Numéro de catalogue : | DMHB2004.24.7a -f |
| Fabricant : | A.J. Nathan & Co. |
| Marque de fabrique : | Meehan's |
| Pays d'origine : | Canada ? |
| Continent d'origine : | North America ? |
| Province d'utilisation : | pre-confederation Newfoundland Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Pays d'utilisation : | Canada Dominion of Newfoundland |
| Culture : | Canadian ? |
| Secteur géo-culturel : | North American ? |
| Contexte culturel : | personal grooming |
| Date de fin de production : | L 1909 |
| Période : | first half of 20th century |
| Description : | A black band of heavy cloth is looped through a metal top. The top has flat, wide, metal strips on both sides, with letters stamped into them. A chain is attached to the top for hanging and fastening. Both ends of the cloth have a rectangular metal handle attached to them. |
| Commentaires : | Straight razors made of tempered steel have been used since at least the first half of the seventeenth century, and have remained essentially unchanged since then. These blades require regular honing and stropping to keep the blade edge sharp. Honing involves stroking the razor over a hone containing abrasive particles, which will then make imperceptible scratches in the razor, giving it saw teeth appropriate for shaving. Stropping smoothes the sharpened edge to prepare it for shaving, and a razor strop was used for this purpose. The razor blade was stroked over the strop in an x-shaped pattern to ensure that the entire blade came into contact with the strop. Razors were generally stropped before each shave and also after sharpening with a hone. If one stropped his razor well, honing was needed only occasionally. Handles on the strop helped hold it taught, which was essential for proper stropping. Prior to the twentieth century, only the wealthy shaved on a daily basis, often aided by a servant. Middle and lower classes shaved once or twice a week, and in urban areas, this was often accomplished by a trip to the barber. Other men chose to shave at home, and thus also undertook regular stropping. Razor strops were used until safety razors with disposable blades, first introduced early in the twentieth century, became common and replaced the straight razor in homes. This strop was donated by Enid Starr. |
| Fonctions : | This strop was used for maintaining the edge of a straight razor. |
| Longueur : | 50 (strap); 4.5 (handle) |
| Largeur : | 6 (strap); 5.3 (handle) |
| Unité de mesure linéaire : | cm |
| Nombre d'objets : | 1 |
| Nombre de parties composantes : | 6 |
| Nom des parties composantes : | strap metal body blade holder handle blade |
| Objets associés : | also see DMHB2004.24.6 |
| Étiquette ou poinçon : | A.J. Nathan & Co. "Meehan's" Razor Stropper M Y ? R S Pat. Dec. 7, 1909 [trademark symbol] |
| Établissement : |
Milltown-Head Bay d'Espoir Museum
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| Ville de l'établissement : | Milltown-Head Bay d'Espoir |
| Province de l'établissement : | Newfoundland and Labrador |
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