Rolls razor?

[Pattree]

Does anyone use the two sides of a vintage Rolls Razor box for sharpening.

I’m not thinking about you folk with the precision sharpening tools and burnished edges.

I have in mind quick, day to day sharpening and edge remaking on working knives.

For around £15 it would appear to be a quick mid-range fix.
(You might get a blade with it; it’s a useful craft knife.)

 

[Broch]

Yep, a few years ago I took the stone and strop out of one and glued them to a thin bit of ply. It makes an excellent little 'dressing tool' in my whittling kit

Thread 'Cheap, portable, edge dressing kit'

Apr 29, 2020

I've carried one of these around in my 'whittling' kit for a few years and thought some of you may find a use for one.

Basically, it's a honing whetstone and a strop made from an old Rolls Razor set. You can pick up Rolls Razors on car boot fairs, in second hand shops and on ebay for a few quid. There are two plates, one each side, and one contains a very fine stone the other a leather strop. If you bend back the metal clips you can extract them to use on a blade. You need to be careful with the stone until you mount it; it's quite thin and fragile. I epoxied them each side of a piece of...

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