Antique STRAIGHT shops RAZOR STROP in wood and leather from Napoleonic era. French 1800s travel shaving storage box.

Antique Travel Strop in wood and leather from Napoleonic era. French straight razor storage box.

This is a Crenet Fils shaving box, without markings. Crenet Fils manufactured various quality items such as razors, stones, cutlery and general toiletry objects between 1810 and 1830.

This box strop has a cover that pivots revealing a cavity to store up to 2 straight razor. There is a leather strop on one side and smoother honing leather on the other.

The box measures: 26 cm (10 1/8 inches) long, including handle by 5 cm (1 7/8 inches) wide.

This is a rare antique item. It shops is in excellent condition, with only some minor signs of use on the leather, particularly the stropping leather (see pictures 3 & 8). There are some nicks to the honing side leather (see picture 4). The top pivots and slots back easily.

What is stropping? Stropping helps renew a slightly dull edge as well as produce a very sharp edge after sharpening. "A razor strop (or razor strap) is a flexible strip of leather, canvas, denim fabric, balsa wood, or other soft material, used to straighten and polish the blade of a straight razor, a knife, or a woodworking tool like a chisel. In many cases stropping re-aligns parts of the blade edge that have been bent out of alignment." ~ Wikipedia

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