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If anyone was wondering, the Rodgers was a bear to hone because the hollow it so slight. I ended up putting seven layers of electrical tape on the spine to get edge on my stones. However, it's a...

RazorRookie,

I had originally hoped that I could clean the blade without taking it apart, so I soaked the Rodgers, and an Imperial that I'm also working on, over night in Evapo-Rust. It's...

Bruno, I used this Grobet checkering file from MidwayUSA. I believe it's just carbon steel. Here is a link to it at MidwayUK. Grobet labels it a number 0.




RazorRookie, Your picture is not...

Thanks everyone!




I did some with a Foredom tool and cratex wheels, but the vast majority of the work was done with abrasive papers. I couldn't figure out how to sand the slight hollows on...

Thanks guys. Here is the other photo I promised.



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Greetings everyone,

Here are some before and after images of my latest completed restoration. It’s a Joseph Rodgers & Sons barber’s notch with a horn handle. I think the wedge is either...