Thread: Joseph Rodgers & Sons Dremelized

This is a restore I'd been looking forward to for awhile. This was inspired by Legion's $10 restoration thread challenge on another forum. I picked this razor up in a lot from Antique Hoosier for basically $9 shipped and when I received it I set it aside for testing out my first dremel work. I gave it a double thumbnotch, spanish point and worked spine. My critique of it is that the worked spine is too deep, but after making the first one I had to be consistent.

Scales are made from Black & Tan G10 with a White G10 lined Black G10 wedge. Unfortunately I tapered the wedge too much and had to really peen the wedge pin to get it snug. After this I didn't like the look and sanded the peens to try and smooth them out to look like one big brass peen. After putting the blade in I got a small gap to appear on one side of the wedge. I sanded the peens similar to the wedge to be consistent. If I get time in the future I'll remake the wedge and re-peen to look better.

All in all, I'm happy how it turned out and have decided to keep it in my rotation.

Hope you enjoy - any critique is welcome.

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