Rolls Razor..
Two Pass Shaving Routine...
Hot Water prep & massage with Coconut Oil
Rolls Razor
Wedge Hollow Ground Blade
Hans Baier Silver Tip Badger
French Monsovan Bol Tallow soap
Thayers Original Witch Hazel
I had a lovely Two Pass Shave today with my Rolls Razor..The blade was very sharp indeed..I got a hold of some Red Honing Paste & Honed the blade within the Rolls System for 40 laps & another 40 Stropping laps a side..I finished the blade off on a leather strop outwith the Rolls System as you can see on the 2nd photo above..The Rolls wedge blade wont fit a standard stropping handle so I just use some tape to get a good handle on it..The blade is very sharp indeed..I didn't use the safety bar whilst shaving...The safety bar is to stop the blade getting damaged whilst its flipping over whilst honing & stropping within the Rolls System..It doesn't serve any other purpose really except to further protect the blade when you sit the razor down of course..
I have got to say this in all earnest ..The Rolls Razor is the next best thing to the CV Heljestrand without a doubt..I have used just about every Lather Catcher & French Hoe with a Hollow Ground Blade & they don't look near the Rolls with the exception of the CV Heljestrand of course..There is a lot of loose talk in Forums about shaving with a straight edge blade on a stick..I am guilty of this myself..As you can see in the photo above the Rolls is probably the only one that is truly a straight edge blade on a stick..
The Rolls is just so easy to use to those that have ever used a traditional straight razor..Its the exact same shaving angle and principle..The most dangerous part is handling these Hollow Ground Blades or having an accident them rather than cutting yourself whilst shaving...These blades are lethal & would make a wonderful weapon for self defence..No bones about that..One WTG Pass & One ATG Pass & ended up with a mixed BBS & DFS Result..I am finding it difficult now to shave with any Gem blade SE these days..I still love my Injectors of course ..Bit of a pardox I know but that's just the natural laws of Yin & Yang in my Nature..
Billy