rolls razor strop

[olps]

Well, I just picked up a rolls razor in quite good condition (especially the hone!). My main questions is about the strop. Reading the wiki entry on the razor it recommends lubriderm lotion as a dressing, and not neatsfoot oil. The strop looks almost to be made out of some cork type material. Is this why lubriderm lotion is recommended? I have some lexol (leather conditioner I picked up at a saddlery) but am now hesitant to use it. Thanks!

(I wasn't sure to put this here or in the strop sub-forum...)

 

[SavantStrike]

Well, I just picked up a rolls razor in quite good condition (especially the hone!). My main questions is about the strop. Reading the wiki entry on the razor it recommends lubriderm lotion as a dressing, and not neatsfoot oil. The strop looks almost to be made out of some cork type material. Is this why lubriderm lotion is recommended? I have some lexol (leather conditioner I picked up at a saddlery) but am now hesitant to use it. Thanks!

(I wasn't sure to put this here or in the strop sub-forum...)

Lubriderm? I would think the leather dressing would be best myself...

 

[alfabet]

Well, I just picked up a rolls razor in quite good condition (especially the hone!). My main questions is about the strop. Reading the wiki entry on the razor it recommends lubriderm lotion as a dressing, and not neatsfoot oil. The strop looks almost to be made out of some cork type material. Is this why lubriderm lotion is recommended? I have some lexol (leather conditioner I picked up at a saddlery) but am now hesitant to use it. Thanks!

(I wasn't sure to put this here or in the strop sub-forum...)

I think you can use lubriderm. I sent for some strop dressing for mine at one of the shaving websites. Send me a pm and I will get you a blade but it most likely need prof honing first. Then you can use the hone on the Rolls and then the strop. I sent some out to a honemeister who did them for me and I have been working on one ever since. I can get a pretty decent shave out of it but I am still working on it. It takes patience and that is usually reserved for weekend shaving.

 

[SavantStrike]

I think you can use lubriderm. I sent for some strop dressing for mine at one of the shaving websites. Send me a pm and I will get you a blade but it most likely need prof honing first. Then you can use the hone on the Rolls and then the strop. I sent some out to a honemeister who did them for me and I have been working on one ever since. I can get a pretty decent shave out of it but I am still working on it. It takes patience and that is usually reserved for weekend shaving.

Honemeister is a good call actually. I hear those rolls hones are too fine to remove anything major.

 

[olps]

Yea, I've heard people say any strop dressing should work, I'm curious why some recommend lubriderm lotion. Perhaps it gives it more draw? I can't imagine any other proper dressing doing any harm. My hesitancy was the 'cork' like nature of the strop leather. Thanks for the advice/replies.

 

[JakeBrake]

just got a lighter aluminum rolls (single pattern down the center), and it has a cork-type strop. However, the hone was perfect, so I swapped it out into my imperial #2. I used lubriderm on the cork-ish stuff anyway as it seemed pretty dried out. Def not the leather one that came with the imperial #2. It also had no backing underneath and no printing on the sides. I really think its cork.

I want to say the stone felt a little thinner too, but I was told they are interchangeable.

 

[KM-instructor]

Can someone post a picture of the rolls in question please.

 

[michiganlover]

I have read the very last Rolls models produced had cork strops instead of leather. Cost savings measure I would guess for a dying product line. The cork stops were said to be of pretty bad quality.

 

[galopede]

Never seen a cork strop. My three have the red leather strop and I just use leather dressing on them. Works fine. No idea what you would use on cork.

Gareth