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Autostrop Valet?

Hey all, I was wondering if anyone has used one of these and could tell me what type of blades it will take? Looks like I have one coming my way. From a little research it looked like it took the single edge blades that are still available. Is that correct?
 
I have wondered about these myself.

From what I've gathered, and this might not be correct, they use a special single edge blade that has Valet cut out in it. The holes of the letters match up to be held in place.

Also is there some mechanism that allows one to sharpen the blades?
 
Aparently my package arrived today. hopefully I'll have more info tonight.

I did see some pics of instructions, and it does look like you can drag a strap theough the rollers onthe autostrop to sharpen a blade.
 
Well, the autostrop came with it's own blades (unfortunately they are a bit rusty). They do seem to be proprietary. They remind me of a single edge blade with the spine removed.

I'll try and put some pics up soon.
 
I have a NOS Auto Strop. It looks like it will NOT take a standard SE blade (like a Ted Pella), however I have not tried it. I think the spine of a SE is too large to fit the holder.
Regards,
 
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