Thread: Fit for a king: Joseph Rodgers & Sons - Awesome, awesome!

I just have to say, there is a reason why these guys were the royal cutlers for king george. I just finished restoring one, which already had an edge put on it, and took that blade over everything from 150 grit sandpaper, to 320 grit greaseless, to black emery and white compound. I've felt up that blade edge in the process, dropped it, caught the edge in the buffer a few times, etc etc. Long story short, after all this manhandling I strummed the edge....hmmm, pretty sharp...so I stropped it about 20 times and took it for a test run, and, wouldn't you know it? The darn thing shaved as smooth as any. Unbelievable!

Post some pics if you can!

]I started another thread with this razor that I just finished, but here's one just for you

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Fit for a king indeed. Good work!

The Joseph Rogers Company held the warrant of cutler to the royal family for quite a while. They were still cutlers to the royal family in Victoria's time. I assume you mean "King George" as one of the four Georges of the Georgian era (1714-1830)

As much as I stated was as much as I knew, until now! Thanks for the history lesson. Any idea how old my blade is? The style seems to me to be newer.

I would need to know which "King George" you're referring to, to have any real chance of dating it. There are SIX King Georges. George I-IV were from 1714-1830. George V was from 1911-1936. George VI was 1936-1951.

What does it say on the tang? If it says something like "J. Rodgers & Sons, Cutlers to Her Majesty", then it's from the Victorian era. If it says "Cutlers to His Majesty" then it's probably from the 1700s or early 1800s. But this looks rather new (relatively) to come from the 18th century. It might be a reference to King George V (1911-1936). My research tells me that the Rodgers Company was in serious decline starting ca. 1930.

Nice job...olivewood?