Rolls Razor Vintage Safety Razor

Offers very welcome Impressively designed, Leather strop showing the most wear,nickel blade is very sharp,ideal for a barbers display or a conversation piece. The eponymous product was a sophisticated safety razor which was promoted with the slogan "The razor that is stropped and honed in its case". The case was a rigid rectangular frame enclosed by two detachable lids; one lid carried a stone and the other a leather. The lids could not be interchanged. With a lid removed, oscillating a handle drove a shaft along the frame. In both directions pinions on the shaft engaged with racks on the case to rotate the shaft to either push the blade forward against the stone or drag it against the strop.It was easy to use, fast and safe. Sharpening was noisy as each change of direction rotated the blade to slap against stone or leather. The blade was about the size of a conventional disposable blade but was solid, hollow ground and not disposable, and it incorporated a safety guard.