The Rolls Razor is a very unique razor. It is not a safety razor. It is not double edged. It is more like a straight edged razor on a stick. The razor itself is a hollow ground razor with a guard/stand attached. The razor comes in a case that contains the mechanisms for sharpening and stropping the razor and the handle. I ran across a group of three on Ebay and put in my bid. I won. One set was incomplete, but two were complete. One was a little rough, but this is the "good" one. As a bonus, it turns out that this razor is from my birth year, 1947. Pretty cool.
Rolls Razor open case. The blade handle on the right is attached to the honing mechanism lever via a spring-loaded bearing. The nickel plated blade at the bottom is attached to the honing bar that slides on the red leather strop.
The grey honing stone is part of the closing lid. The leather strop and the hone lids are not interchangeable as the blade needs to push against the hone but pull against the strop.
The blade has a safety guard with pivot action that allows it to vary the shaving angle while providing safe operation. The head of the blade handle locks perpendicular to the blade using a slide type of action with the spring-loaded bearing providing additional stability.
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