Originally Posted by
engine46
I'm not that much up on the Rolls either but my interest got me one day when looking at one. They have a built in hone in one lid & the lid on the other side is the built in strop. I thought that was very interesting. You will see when you get it that there is a handle built inside too for honing & stropping & when you go to hone, you have to be careful not to slam the blade into the hone but ya gotta do it really hard because when I was fooling around with mine I slammed it accidentally but it didn't crack the hone. I lubed the guard that is on the blade that will help it from slamming it into the hone. You'll see what I'm talking about. I did see one on eBay with a cracked hone. I have a spare blade with mine & it is a '35 & the other one is a '48. There is some guy from the UK trying to sell two Rolls from '27 for more than they normally go for. By the way, the handle to shave with is in the middle & ya unscrew it, slide it on the flat side of the blade & screw it tight. To unlock the blade from the hone or strop, flip the blade up twist & pull.