Joseph Rodgers & Sons Dremelized

**Joe Edson** · 03-09-2011, 08:49 AM

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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**BladeRunner001** · 03-09-2011, 08:56 AM

WOwww Joe

. You did all that with just a dremmel???!! I am impressed. Nicely done

**baldy** · 03-09-2011, 11:55 AM

Man, thats Awesome. you would never guess its the same razor.
Grant

**MileMarker60** · 03-09-2011, 02:11 PM

Great job! I really like it.

**Catrentshaving** · 03-09-2011, 03:37 PM

Holy crap! That looks awesome! Great work all the way around

**Joe Edson** · 03-09-2011, 04:46 PM

Originally Posted by BladeRunner001

WOwww Joe

. You did all that with just a dremmel???!! I am impressed. Nicely done

I did the blade work with standard greaseless and a buffer. The notches, worked spine and point were all done with a dremel though. Probably took me 2 hours of just dremel work alone.

Thanks everyone else for the comments!

**Maxi** · 03-09-2011, 11:07 PM

That's definitely on the high end of "holy **it!" Great work!

**onimaru55** · 03-10-2011, 12:42 AM

C'mon, not the same razor, surely. Great work indeed.

**nessmuck** · 03-10-2011, 12:53 AM

Originally Posted by onimaru55

C'mon, not the same razor, surely. Great work indeed.

**nicknbleeding** · 03-10-2011, 01:20 AM

Holy crap! That is amazing!

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