Joseph Rodgers & Sons restoration

[JMan424]

Hey folks

About 15 years ago I received some straights from my grandpa. None were remotely near shave ready but he was a collector of all things, and generally a good judge of quality.

Among those was a Joseph Rodgers & Sons 7/8 (I gather from here) that I've always been in love with, but of course I didn't know thing 1 about wetshaving. Plus I'm kind of in love with most of those blades heh

A year or two ago I got into DE shaving and have spent a fair amount time on Badger & Blade. I restored a Wade & Butcher (see this thread) but getting this neglected Rodgers blade restored and into not-broken scales and honed was an intimidating task, and I don't even have a strop to go with it.

Now my brother in law is trying to get me a nice strop for my bday (he's trying to find a Tony Miller) so I'm moving forward with this restoration.

I'm very serious about the project. I did stages sanding with grits 320 first to take out the pitting that wasn't too deep, then 400, 600, 800, 1000, 1500, and 2000, and finally Flitz with a felt wheel on a Dremel to polish (again sanding all by hand, Dremel only for Flitz polish). I'm pleased with the results, pics attached.

Now I'm looking ahead to scales. I have some wood around the house I've been hanging onto for this day. Realistically before making any scales I need to invest some time into the resources already gathered on the forum for someone in my position but I wanted to introduce myself and post the pics of my baby because I've got a little case of the prouds and want to show & tell

If anybody has any words of advice / guidance or just happens to have some scales they'd love to pin this blade in for me let me know

Jeff