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I simply held it in place with the thumb and middle / ring fingers of my left hand while dremeling it with my right.

If you are sanding near the spine, make sure the wheel rotates to the spine....

I used a dremel with a felt wheel, chromium oxide and lots of time.
I already got a reply from the Masonic lodge in London, but they didn't have anything on a John Barber.

Since the man told me...

Ok here is the verdict.

It took a long time to set the bevel, and to hone it properly. It seems that John Barber had some pretty 'out there' ideas on blade design. Mind you, from a esthaetic pov...

Thanks Gary. I plan to hone her this weekend.
I never got around to honing her properly, but now that I have the new coticule from Howard I can't wait to try it.

I will post back with the results.

If I may ask: is this documented somewhere ? If there is public documentation about him I'd like to read it. I once did an internet search but that did not turn up anything useful.

I hope the picture is clear enough. It is stamped really deep so it survived the restoration intact.
http://www.bdvd.be/images/spr/jb1/jrmark.jpg

It was advertised as a Joseph Rodgers so I...

It shouldn't. I only dropped to 80 because there was some pitting near the tang. I only used if for a couple dozen strokes, just to get a quick start. I think I started the tang with 180.

80, 100, 120, 150, 180, 240, 320, 400, 600, 1000.
I wanted to go higher but I could not find higher grits locally.

This weekend I finally bit the bullet and finished my John Barber restoration project. I had been working on it on and off for 2 months now.
I do this with all my projects. I start them and them I...