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    Default Cheap way to get a good hone ?

    All the time on Ebay I see old Rolls Razors for sale meny only fetching a few £ or $. These came in their tin box with both a hone and strop. so if you remove said hone from the lid and attach to a solid piece of wood or other backing and lap how good would these be for a straight ? Come to mention it what about the strop could this be used with diamond spray or paste ?

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    I know what your talking about, but I would go with a barbers hone on Ebay, some are cheap. Then buy a strip of leather and make your own paddle strop. JMO

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    The Rolls Razor kits may be cheap but you will most likely have to buy several of them before finding one where the hone isn't broken.

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    Yeah what those guys said. You can buy a barber hone of known quality for around the same price.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BertyBloggs View Post
    All the time on Ebay I see old Rolls Razors for sale meny only fetching a few £ or $. These came in their tin box with both a hone and strop. so if you remove said hone from the lid and attach to a solid piece of wood or other backing and lap how good would these be for a straight ? Come to mention it what about the strop could this be used with diamond spray or paste ?
    Im sure some members here who collect these things are crying about what you are suggesting. Disasembling a perfectly good Rolls just for the barbers hone and strop.

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    As mentioned a Barber's hone is all you need to keep a razor sharp with stropping. You just make 5 strokes on lather every week-two weeks and you're set for a very long time.

    Brands to look for:
    Swaty
    Dubl Duck
    Itsapeech
    Norton (watch out this one can cost a lot of money, try to find in antique stores instead of ebay).
    Winner hone

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    I do have one on a piece of plywood. I did not put it on that was already done when I got it. I is small. What a waste of time. The only exeption would be those which are not synthetics but proper CFs. Yes there was time when they supposed to use CF for Rolls razors.

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