Description: USED Vintage (1920s) Rolls Razor "Imperial No. 2" (NO BOX/LITERATURE) Portable Safety Shaver, by Rolls Razor, Ltd. Packaging Condition: NO original packaging or literature (will be secure)Date of Manufacture undetermined (1920s)Dimensions: 6" (L) x 2.75" (W) x 0.75" (H)Serial No. A461961Patents read: 457383, 284428, 242718, 242717 AND PENDINGIncludes: Silver-plated case (w/Greek pattern), nickel-plated Rolls Razor "Imperial No. 2" straight razor, and knurled rod handleThe Rolls Razors were made from the early to mid 1900s, and there were several models made. This Razor was manufactured in England by Rolls Razor Limited (Cricklewood, London N.W.2.). The Rolls trademark, "The Whetter", was registered in the US in 1950; the claimed first use was 1922. The US patent for the method of attaching the blade to the handle was filed in 1925 and issued in 1930. The name "Rolls Razor (1927) Ltd." was used in advertising. The razor was still manufactured and sold until 1958, when the company was purchased by entrepreneur/corporate raider John Bloom, who decided to focus on washing machines rather than the razor. The nickel-plated Imperial No. 2 is the most common, along with the silver-plated Imperial which was packaged with a hard leatherette storage box. During World War II, the case was made all aluminium. Older razors, pre-1930, do not have a Greek key pattern on the case. It is a safety razor that is based on a segment of a wedge straight razor, that's fitted with a safety bar and is held by a handle. There were several of these adaptations of straight razors to safeties that came into the market in response to Gillette's invention of the safety razor. They all had reusable blades that were honed/stropped like straights. The Rolls Razor differed from the others in that it came in a case designed to allow a user to touch-up and strop the blade within the case itself. It has a nice short handle that can only be stored on the stropping handle. In the middle, you can see the blade, held in the stropping mechanism with the stropping handle. The knurled rod is the razor handle itself. When you remove the honing cover, and the handle, you can use the stropping handle to strop the blade by quickly moving it back and forth in the case. The blade flips automatically at the end of each stroke and is moved in a stropping motion (edge trailing). If you place the honing cover back on an flip the case, you can remove the stropping cover, and then the same back and forth motion moves the blade over the hone in a homing motion - edge leading.Some wear (minor scratches, stains, residue, and pitting) on surface of case (see pics)Your shipment will arrive via USPS Priority Mail (1-4 business days), or USPS Ground Advantage (2-5 business days), after the 2-3 day processing time (upon paid purchase)Shipment(s) sent out of Lemon Grove, California, USAWE DO COMBINE-SHIP - ASK US FIRST BEFORE MAKING FINAL PAYMENT!Will be packed very well - READ OUR FEEDBACK!No Returns ***AN INVOICE WILL BE SENT AFTER PURCHASE, WHICH MAY REFLECT A MORE ACCURATE POSTAGE RATE FOR THIS ITEM - DON'T PASS THIS UP YET! Please visit our Backroad Memories ebay store, or visit www.BackroadMemories.com, for more model collectibles added weekly! PLEASE SHARE OUR STORE WITH EVERYBODY YOU KNOW!
Price: 15 USD
Location: Lemon Grove, California
End Time: 2025-01-20T20:00:01.000Z
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Brand: Rolls Razor
Type: Portable Safety Shaver
Model: Imperial No. 2
Dimensions: 6" (L) x 2.75" (W) x 0.75" (H)
Material: Stainless Steel
Serial No.: A461961
Time Period Manufactured: 1920-1929
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Handmade: No
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