Now for something totally different

[John C]

Out hunting the wilds of antique land today with SWMBO, I came across what i thought was a different version of an autostrop.
Once I had a good look at it, you can imagine how surprised and delighted I was to realise what I had caught.
Now the question is can anyone help me track down the date for the no. on the bottom of the head?

thanks, and everyone have a wonderful holiday!

ps. I also stunned and captured a GEM 1912 with chain handle and an Ever Ready 1912 with chain handle lurking in the same patch of antique store.

 

[jsrdrnr]

very nice!

 

[onotoman]

Possibly one for Guido and his collectors encyclopedia ?

 

[JPM]

Very cool!

 

[tom myers]

The earliest reference that I've found for your Ever-Ready automatic stropping machine is in a 1917 ad for a combination set with a razor, the stropper and a strop along with 12 "Radio" blades. This set was called the "Ever-Ready Combination No. 2". It sold for $3.00. It may have been available earlier than 1917, but I can't verify that.

I've seen other ads that still show it being sold into the 1930's.

Regards,
Tom

 

[John C]

The earliest reference that I've found for your Ever-Ready automatic stropping machine is in a 1917 ad for a combination set with a razor, the stropper and a strop along with 12 "Radio" blades. This set was called the "Ever-Ready Combination No. 2". It sold for $3.00. It may have been available earlier than 1917, but I can't verify that.

I've seen other ads that still show it being sold into the 1930's.

Regards,
Tom

Cool, thanks Tom!
I've been wondering if I could make a new strop for this little darling, and get a lot more milage out of my blades. That thought was followed up by the thought of making two strops and coating one with CrOX to rehone a blade like one would do for a straight razor.
hmmm......wonder if you could get 20 - 30 shaves out of one blade that way??
Now where did I put that latigo?

 

[wildwing9825]

Great find! Congrats!

~Ben H.

 

[mdunn]

very cool. are you going to use it?