Thread: Yet anoher Joseph Rodgers

It's probably safe to say JR is my favorite make of Sheffield blade. Bout this one from europe peppered all over with rust and ultra shallow pitting. Finally had time today after staring at it on the desk fr two weeks. It was so easy to sort out for a change, clean it up to 1k, polish, peen the lead wedge so it stopped spinning, adjust pivot tension. It is ready for stones now. Just need to find time for that. A beautifully ground sheffield blade, not warped. One interesting thing is that I think I pretty much have this blade already in J. Drew form. The only difference is tang length, but they are absolutely from the same source.

Nice snag!

Yep! Joseph Rodgers & Sons are my favorite Sheffield razors too. I own a few including a wedge and a matching pair of hollow ground in original Ivory scales. All of them are very smooth shaving razors....I love 'em!

If you are not familiar with honing a wedge you might check out 'Honing A Smiling Wedge' video by Glen (gssixgun) or see if Lynn has one to watch because wedges are a totally different animal when it comes to honing. Better yet, send it out to a pro, you won't regret it.

When I first got into str8s the first wedge I tried to hone I spent around 6 hours trying to hone it, didn't even come close. Later I watched Glen's videos and took that same razor, set the bevel and had it shaving in less than hour.

I never really had bad luck with wedges provided they weren't freehanded by a bunch of different ppl and all crazy. Clean ones just tend to be a matter of extra time due to the extra material. I just tend to calculate bevel angle from height and spine to see what course would make life easiest.

I recently had a you lather well butcher that had wildly uneven hone wear. I had to go tape free at first and grind the spine to get it sane then I added tape. The old bevel and new one were night and day. I could have it looking nice and tidy with a sandpaper progression plus it gives a tidy bevel now as you can see. Shapton 500 is magic.. like a wizard

Look at that bevel.... One small wave on the back side and no other weirdness...Joseph Rodgers is the Sheffield gold standard....