Thread: Joseph Rodgers Chopper Stolen from the USA

Originally Posted by Theseus

Hey, that razor needs to come back to the US. It was made for a company in Boston. Taking that back to the UK would be like the French taking back the Statue of Liberty.

I was thinking about this. In all actuality it was intended to be sold in Boston and eventually wind up in Texas! Yeah! That's it!

LOL Fellas!

Thanks for the comments...you aint getting it back!!

I forgot to mention, everything is original including the pins

Nice faithfull resto,thx for saving it.

I've used Milliput before but never thought to use it for scales. Do you know how its outlook is for long term, as far as bonding / cracking or any other issues?

Great job! Very much impressed by restoration of scales.

Very cool -is the Milliput a good colour match for the Horn?

Originally Posted by ScienceGuy

I've used Milliput before but never thought to use it for scales. Do you know how its outlook is for long term, as far as bonding / cracking or any other issues?

It's the first time I have used it on scales, before the final sanding and polishing I stabilised it with thin cyano (superglue)
It's not a perfect solution but so far it's been fine.

Originally Posted by EisenFaust

Very cool -is the Milliput a good colour match for the Horn?

No! When it dries it is more of a dark grey than the black of horn.
Black resin pigment and some trial and error

The first few razors I got hold of I just ripped off the scales, chucked them and made fancy wood ones. They all came out very well and I was happy.
Now I would rather put the time into saving them and the history that accompanies them, they are more than just a blade

An amazing save all the way around! Looks fantastic.

Beautiful work, however I am not so sure about the back to England either that razor is clearly a Yankee


There is a product called "Acraglass" (brand name but any rifle bedding compound will work) that can be dyed, to match near perfect, usually it is available from Brownells for Gunsmithing, but I am willing to bet there is something quite similar on your side of the pond...
Once Acraglass sets up it is actually stronger then the material it is usually bonded to and can be thickened to a near peanut butter consistency to work with, I have used it many times for Horn repairs for 5 years now with no problems...

That is taking the "LOVE" to a whole new level with the scales!!! Great job.