3-082-961 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Advertisement for Kropp Razors, 1895. 'Real German Hollow Ground - EVERY KROPP RAZOR IS GUARANTEED. MANUFACTURED OF THE BEST QUALITY OF REFINED AND HIGHLY TEMPERED ENGLISH STEEL. BY A SPECIAL PROCESS OF TEMPERING AND HARDENING, EACH BLADE ATTAINS AN EXACTNESS AND EQUABILITY OF TEMPER WITH WHICH NO ENGLISH GROUND RAZOR CAN COMPETE. BLACK HANDLE - 5/6; IVORY - 7/6; Extra Stout IVORY HANDLE & IVORY TANG, very superior 21/-; EACH RAZOR IS PACKED IN A CASE. THE FLEXIBILITY OF THE BLADE MAKES SHAVING A LUXURY, EVEN TO THOSE WITH STUBBORN BEARDS & TENDER SKINS. THEY NEVER REQUIRE RE-GRINDING, AND IF STROPPED WITH CARE BEFORE AND AFTER USE ON A RAZOR STROP MADE SPECIALLY FOR USE WITH GERMAN GROUND RAZORS, WILL LAST FOR YEARS. CAUTION. - Avoid Imitations, wherever found. Every genuine "Kropp" Razor bears the Registered Trade Mark, as illustrated above. Wholesale: OSBORNE, GARRETT, and CO., LONDON, W.' From "Illustrated London News", 1895.