Thread: Lava M3 and 440C

Just finished this one up and about half way through honing it. Needed a break so I took some pictures.
It's a smaller razor but is still very comfortable in the hand.

OAL-4.75"
Blade is 6/8, 440C, 2.3" Long, 1/4 hollow

Scales are Cobaltium and Black Lava M3 (Macro Molecular Metal), with stainless hardware. It's hard to capture this stuff in pictures but if you'v ever seen it in person it has a somewhat glittery sheen to it, pretty neat stuff.





Thanks for looking.

Lookin pretty cool man.

Another scales shape could help the lightness ... anyway good job.

Awesome scales! Beautiful blade! Can you tell us where you acquired the scale material?

Originally Posted by ischiapp

Another scales shape could help the lightness ... anyway good job.

I'm not sure what you mean?

Thanks walley, and you can get M3 from a couple places, I go with metalpenblanks.com or masecraftsupply.com. Masecraft tends to be more expensive but if your looking for multiple types of materials at one time its convenient.

I've used the black and red copper on a knife handle and I really like it. M3 looks really cool in person and especially when sunlight hits it.

Great looking razor. Very cool looking handle material

Wynndow, thanks for the info. I did start looking around web and its very interesting material. Thanks for taking time to let us know!!
Ray

Here's a grinding tip: Next time your grind your razor, take it to a coarse hone before finishign it, and see how the bevels develop. If they get wider, grind it some more to remove those bevels. This serves 2 purposes: firstly, it looks nice if the bevels are very narrow, and secondly, this makes honing a lot easier, since you need to remove only tiny amounts of metal by hand.

Really neat looking blade you have there. Nice job!

Thanks for the words guys

Originally Posted by Bruno

Here's a grinding tip: Next time your grind your razor, take it to a coarse hone before finishign it, and see how the bevels develop. If they get wider, grind it some more to remove those bevels. This serves 2 purposes: firstly, it looks nice if the bevels are very narrow, and secondly, this makes honing a lot easier, since you need to remove only tiny amounts of metal by hand.

I actually did do that, another member here linked me to a video of a gentleman doing just that, very helpful. This was the first stainless blade I have done so it took a little longer, and I just wanted to stop and take pictures. I'm very new to honing so I've found it best if I can keep my head clear and not over do it.