Thread: What might, ".. after treatment...", mean in this description?

Originally Posted by 10Pups

I looked very close at these razors and it looks to me like there is a lot of grinding left to do. There is no bevel and the edge looks very thick. It could be that they are what you have just before or after heat treating. No way to know. They seller says they are tempered on charcoal to a certain HRC. This does not make sense to me but I am no expert on the vintage ways of razor makers. I have a feeling he found this info somewhere on a finished razor. My gut tells me they are blanks in a sense that they are shaped and ready for the next step. Which would be heat treating.

I wanted to make arrow heads out of bear bottle caps and my dads tells me the steel much too thin to be heat treated. So when folks makes straights they heat treat then hollow grind the edges.
Ben thinking about making me a home made long bow and arrows. And really sharp heads to them.

Suile you have an unorthodox way of doing things. I am not sure these methods would be that forgiving when it come to razors. It's not rocket science but the more precise you are the better chances of success. As for the axe I think you will find out after you start using it again. If the axe splits and not the wood you know you messed up :<0)

Originally Posted by 10Pups

Suile you have an unorthodox way of doing things. I am not sure these methods would be that forgiving when it come to razors. It's not rocket science but the more precise you are the better chances of success. As for the axe I think you will find out after you start using it again. If the axe splits and not the wood you know you messed up :<0)

thanks but no way is to for spiting wood with this axe.
This axe in question is more of a chopping axe. For the cutting of wood against the grain.
If I ruined the temper handle can be burned out to re temper it. Being that I didn't quickly cool the blade if I did any harm it would have
softed the head. Which is good for the eye and the pole. Only the Chopping bits have a harded and fragile steel.
yea I really should worry if I did ruin the temper the steel is thick enough to get it re harded that's never the case with razors.