Thread: Rolls Razor Fans

I have 2 & they quickly became display pieces. Make sure you read all you can on the forum about them, first. It will give you a more educated first experience. Use the "Advanced Search" button, above right (Not the GOOGLE Search Box),,,this will take you into the forum search area & put in keywords "Rolls Razor" ,,,this will give you back all the threads that pertain.

My Rolls Razor is a Viscount. It isn't special other than:

• it was a gift from my dad

• he bought it new and only used it once

• it came with a spare blade

• original box, instructions and literature are intact

• blades are more or less pristine

I never put the thing to my face until this morning and, somewhat to my surprise, this perpendicular-handled VERY short device afforded not only a good shave but it fulfilled the solution to a BBS problem - the pockets on either side of my somewhat protruding throat. Getting into an otherwise classic tight spot is complicated by a 4x cervical fusion. The sugery limits how far I can tip my head up and back - I'd say most of you can take that stretch for granted and get a little more working space than I enjoy. Shaving across the remaining crevasse-like scar, incidentally, is no longer a problem thanks to SRP advice; a small diagonal stroke plus a big leap of faith took care of that problem.

So I finished up a two-way shave with a conventional straight razor that passed the hanging hair test. That shave nailed just about everything except a couple of neck patches. I followed up with a test; a third guillotining-pass on my neck using the Rolls and was rewarded with an excellent finish. Coulda knocked me over with a feather. The ease of use and results were beyond my first-try expectations.

If you have one, and if you think it's sharp, give it a try. I watched a couple of youtube videos and tried to do like the happiest campers who kept the blade at a very shallow angle to the skin - virtually flat - repeatedly short-stroked and stretched well. I think the Rolls crybabies had dull blades or kept too steep of an angle, or perhaps both. Shaved like a breeze for me. Who knew?

I'll join the club.

That is a very special Rolls,...enjoy.
Thanks for sharing.
Oh yeah,....welcome to the Rolls Club

Originally Posted by Raol

Oh yeah,....welcome to the Rolls Club

Woot!

I love my Rolls Razor but I have a couple of spare blades that wont' shave well at all, I tried to sharpen them without much success. Is it possible they are just to old or just duds?? I have sharpened Rolls blades before with a good deal of success and I hone my own Straight Razors and find with a good blade of good steel honing is fairly routine. But with these 2 blades I have even hone to 1200 grit without a decent shave.

Any thought's out there??? love to here them,

by the way I have in the past beat my head against the wall with one or two straight razors that were just not able to put a good edge on because of them just being bad eggs.

Sincerely, J.Doc' [tinkersd]

Originally Posted by tinkersd

I love my Rolls Razor but I have a couple of spare blades that wont' shave well at all, I tried to sharpen them without much success. Is it possible they are just to old or just duds?? I have sharpened Rolls blades before with a good deal of success ...

Any thought's out there??? love to here them,



Sincerely, J.Doc' [tinkersd]

1. Are you trying (and failing) to sharpen them with the Rolls machine or manually on a hone?
2. If you have honed/stropped and failed with certain blades on the Rolls machine, have you succeeded with other blades on the Rolls machine?

Trying here to rule out a problem with blades contacting the machine hone/strop with inadequate pressure.

By the way, I had a great shave this morning. It was 2/3 straight and 1/3 Rolls. The Rolls is the schizz for neck patch clean up and a few upward strokes below the lower lip.

Originally Posted by tinkersd

I love my Rolls Razor but I have a couple of spare blades that wont' shave well at all, I tried to sharpen them without much success. Is it possible they are just to old or just duds?? I have sharpened Rolls blades before with a good deal of success and I hone my own Straight Razors and find with a good blade of good steel honing is fairly routine. But with these 2 blades I have even hone to 1200 grit without a decent shave.

Any thought's out there??? love to here them,

by the way I have in the past beat my head against the wall with one or two straight razors that were just not able to put a good edge on because of them just being bad eggs.

Sincerely, J.Doc' [tinkersd]

Tink, send me your blades. If I cant get them to give you a good shave, then you can use them as paint scrapers.

Tinkersd....
Could it be that the edge on your blades have a "frown" shape and not a smile or straight?

Good Questions!! I do my blade honeing on Norton stones I own 220/1000/4000/8000 grit's
I use green compound on leveled balsa wood strops. when I'm done with the stones.
when a blade 1st feels either "grabby" of 'Skips' over my beard I use the Rolls honing side of the mechanisms and then about 3 minutes of stropping.
If that doesn't work I go to my stones and yes I have had great success with this paradigm except the blades I wrote about.

I hope that clears up what I was trying to talk about.
I think a great shave can be had with a keen edged Rolls and always try to have a decent blade inserted in the shaving handle.

Thank you all for your interest, have a great shave on me!!!

tinkersd

Originally Posted by Magpie

Tink, send me your blades. If I cant get them to give you a good shave, then you can use them as paint scrapers.

great offer, this.