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

Greetings everyone,

Here are some before and after images of my latest completed restoration. It’s a Joseph Rodgers & Sons barber’s notch with a horn handle. I think the wedge is either pewter or aluminum.

I cleaned up all the rust and discoloration, added jimps and polished the horn. I used a 30 lines per inch checkering file. I think they look a bit nicer than the 20 lines per inch file I’ve used in the past. Once I cleaned and polished the horn, it became almost iridescent (unfortunately, you can’t really tell from the images). I was going to re-pin the blade pivot, but I realized that I didn’t have any small brass washers. For the moment I’m using gold plated screws. If I decide I don’t like them, I’ll get the washers I need.

Hmm, I though I had a photo of the obverse side... I’ll add one when I get home.

What a difference, awesome job!

Beautiful Restore!!!

Excellent Work.

Thanks guys. Here is the other photo I promised.

Love the before and after photos. You can't really appreciate how great the job is unless you see the before pics. Great job and I love the jimps.

Very nicely done. How did you do the blade? Did you sand it by hand, put it in a tumbler, how did you do it?

Great looking razor. Jimp-work looks nice, too.

Beautiful work. It looks like a totally different razor.

How do you cut the jimps without ruining your checkering file on hardened steel? Or do you just go through a lot of files as a cost of doing business?

Excellent work. The razor is so inviting I feel like having another shave tonight!

That a beautiful razor now. You've breathed new life into it!