I just won a NOS rolls off of flea bay! I was sure someone was going to come in and outbid me at the last minute. I already have another one, but unfortunately the hone was cracked upon receipt, so hopefully this one makes it to me in good shape. I'm excited to get one of these up and running.
Rolls Razor
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Nice snag! You may find this thread to be of interest. http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php?t=148136
Enjoy your new Rolls!
Enjoy your new Rolls!
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That blade needs to be honed.
When it's honed, they shave great.
When it's honed, they shave great.
+1
The Rolls is basically a straight razor. If the blade is not in a super sharp shave ready state, you are effectively wasting your time trying to shave with it.
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In my honest opinion, you are not going to bring the blade to true shave ready status with just the included hone. The hone can probably maintain an already sharp blade though. I would send the blade away for a professional honing, so you know it is as shave ready as it can possibly be.
Ambrose if I recall correctly is experienced in sharpening Rolls blades.
+1, i have a few rolls, and could never shave with them at all, when i got into straights and honing, i spend a bit of time honing up the blade and it was fine, though i am not a huge fan of the rolls, the included hone will, as said above, keep a well honed blade sharp, otherwise you will just waste your time trying to get it super sharp on that hone.
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Thanks, I'll look him/her up sometime. I really wanted to love this razor.
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