Auto strop age?

m-g willy said:

Trying to find date my autostrop razor was made.
I read where they were ALL marked with VALET starting in 1920.
I also read where they were ser.# only on the earliest ones.
Here's what I got - Patened april 9 1912 (Valet Auto Strop) silver plated .
So with the Valet marking , I thought it was made after 1920.
But it also has a ser.# on the blade release lever which were only used on the early ones???.
The # is 446008
Anyone have any info on these?
Did they use the Valet markings on some razors before 1920 ?

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D.Irving79 said:

that one we basically just call a 1912 BUT i think they first ads for yours were in 1921 or 1922. the earliest/earlier auto strops said either auto strop or auto strop razor. the word valet may have been used earlier than 1920 on the british models though.

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