Hi
I've just been given my great grandfathers (possibly even great great grandfathers) old straight razor. It's an old Joseph Rodgers, but that's all I know. Can some clever person help me ID it further? There don't seem to be any helpful stamps there. It needs a bit of work done, but I was really wondering whether I could just get away with having the blade resharpened, rather than a complete restoration? It's not something I feel comfortable doing myself - at least not for an heirloom piece like this. Ideally I want to shave with it myself, but at this stage can't afford to spend much money at all. What are your thoughts?
Richard
I've just been given my great grandfathers (possibly even great great grandfathers) old straight razor. It's an old Joseph Rodgers, but that's all I know. Can some clever person help me ID it further? There don't seem to be any helpful stamps there. It needs a bit of work done, but I was really wondering whether I could just get away with having the blade resharpened, rather than a complete restoration? It's not something I feel comfortable doing myself - at least not for an heirloom piece like this. Ideally I want to shave with it myself, but at this stage can't afford to spend much money at all. What are your thoughts?
Richard