Thread: Rodgers & Sons barber's notch restoration; before & after photos

Beautiful restore. Back to its former glory.
The jimps & gold are a nice touch.

Wow.

Something for us rookies to aspire to. Thank you.

Originally Posted by ChrisMeyer

RazorRookie, Your picture is not very clear, but it looks like horn to me. Horn is actually a kind of hair, so you may be able to see that all of the fibers are going longitudinally.

Thanks for the reply. What exactly (compound/tool/etc) did you use to clean and polish the horn? I can see the grain that you describe in mine so I'm down for giving it a shot. I have no idea what to do (or what I want to do) with the blade. It definitely needs honing so I'm sure it will be sent off one day.

Thanks again,
D

RazorRookie,

I had originally hoped that I could clean the blade without taking it apart, so I soaked the Rodgers, and an Imperial that I'm also working on, over night in Evapo-Rust. It's supposed to chemically change the rust and get rid of it, without damaging the steel underneath.

The Evapo-Rust did next to nothing to the blades or the Imperial's plastic scales, but it bleached the crap out of the horn on the Rodgers and gave it that iridescent look.

At first I was afraid it had ruined the horn, but it seems okay. I'm not sure what the stuff did, perhaps it only removed trapped dirt and grime, but the horn scales ended up looking better. Time will tell if there are any ill effects down the road...

Oh, to finish cleaning up the horn I sanded it up to about 600 grit and buffed it lightly on an 8" buffing wheel charged with green chrome.

Originally Posted by ChrisMeyer

RazorRookie,

I had originally hoped that I could clean the blade without taking it apart, so I soaked the Rodgers, and an Imperial that I'm also working on, over night in Evapo-Rust. It's supposed to chemically change the rust and get rid of it, without damaging the steel underneath.


The Evapo-Rust did next to nothing to the blades or the Imperial's plastic scales, but it bleached the crap out of the horn on the Rodgers and gave it that iridescent look.


At first I was afraid it had ruined the horn, but it seems okay. I'm not sure what the stuff did, perhaps it only removed trapped dirt and grime, but the horn scales ended up looking better. Time will tell if there are any ill effects down the road...

Oh, to finish cleaning up the horn I sanded it up to about 600 grit and buffed it lightly on an 8" buffing wheel charged with green chrome.

For being a mistake, the scales are one of my favorite parts of the restoration

I loved the look of that one!
It is so nice when people restore the entire razor instead of just popping out the blade and discard the scales.

Wow that is an outstanding looking razor, nice work with the notch.

Love the two tone on the scales. Really cool how the inside shows up almost yellow. Gives me an idea...

I am totally lusting after that razor...AWESOME! =)

Me

If anyone was wondering, the Rodgers was a bear to hone because the hollow it so slight. I ended up putting seven layers of electrical tape on the spine to get edge on my stones. However, it's a great shaver now that it's done.