Thread: The "other" Rodgers - JAMES Rodgers, Sheffield

So, I picked up this razor at an antique shop for $8.50 a couple weeks ago. It is pretty simple -- horn scales, wedge blade, etc. Seems pretty old.

The Tang is marked:

JAMES RODGERS & CO.
ESTABLISHED 1825
SHEFFIELD ENGLAND

So, the whole time I was cleaning this blade up (there was some bad rust and pitting) I kept thinking to myself.. who in the heck is this JAMES Rodgers anyway? Is he related to Joey? Maybe he is his daddy or son? His retarded half brother?

First, here are the pics:





So, in my quest for information about James, I found a few buried pictures out there. Here is a folding knife:



Then, after finding a few pages with evidence that James Rodgers made Bowie knives, etc... I started running in to these mid-19th century "Knife-Pistols".

I'll continue this with a reply since I'm hitting the picture limit.