Uploaded January 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Yesterday I showed you a small handheld gadget with a pull-out crank and challenged you to guess what it was. This object is a stropper (sharpener) for Gillette-style safety razor blades, produced by the TwinPlex Stamping Company of Chicago, Illinois in the 1920s.
Congratulations to all those who guessed correctly, and stay tuned for the next Mystery Object video!
Yesterday I showed you a small handheld gadget with a pull-out crank and challenged you to guess what it was. This object is a stropper (sharpener) for Gillette-style safety razor blades, produced by the TwinPlex Stamping Company of Chicago, Illinois in the 1920s.
Congratulations to all those who guessed correctly, and stay tuned for the next Mystery Object video!






![H&R M4 Survival Rifle: Handy But Short-Lived
[If it’s not one thing, it’s another. While I finally got the rifle to work, my camera lens iced over during the shoot. I will likely remake this video completely in the spring].
Introduced in USAF and RCAF service in 1949, the short-lived M4 was a bolt-action magazine-fed rifle chambered in .22 hornet, designed to telescope down to fit in ejection seat survival kits. Its purpose was to allow aircrew downed in wilderness areas to forage for small game.
M6 Survival Rifle on Forgotten Weapons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnHW3-aDP30&pp=ygUSbHVmdHdhZmZlIGRyaWxsaW5n
SOURCES:
https://patents.google.com/patent/USD179499
https://www.swatmag.com/article/long-guns-us-m4-survival-rifle/
https://www.twz.com/27950/usaf-fighter-pilots-are-now-flying-with-these-converted-m4-rifles-in-their-survival-kits
https://coffeeordie.com/survival-rifles H&R M4 Survival Rifle: Handy But Short-Lived](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/j-BISiLKhN8/mqdefault.jpg)



