Thread: Bruno's Blade

Very nice combine effort there in deed

Originally Posted by Trimmy72

Bruno, seen your listing and think it's a great thing your doing for people who don't have the equipment. I'll bet you're having fun doing it too. I'll be waiting patiently for the next one, nice work!

Thank you.

Correct. I like working on steel. Forging and grinding is my passion. The final polishing and making scales is like doing the dishes after cooking a good meal. And plenty of people have the tools and skills to polish / sand a razor and make scales, but lack the resources to do the forging, heat treatment and grinding. With cooperation projects like this, everybody gets to do the part he likes best and people can make their own custom razor without needing to become a smith.

Btw, the phenomenon of a knifemaker who makes the entire knife is a relatively new thing. Historically, people specialized in certain parts. A smith made the blades, a cutler would do the grinding and polishing, and someone else would make the handles / scales. The same setup exists in Japan, even today, where a finished sword is a collaboration between at least half a dozen people.

Great looking razor! Scales and blade both look nice, and I'd also be afraid of the point on that heel. I keep a goatee and use the heel extensively around it, I'd have to take extreme care with that point

Looks great! I'm having my Bruno blade sent Friday and I'm very excited to finish it. I think its a great idea and I'm happy to be part of the process instead of buying a finished new blade.

Great idea and great outcome. Rob, you are quite the scalemaker! I would give my "Brunoblade" a nice smile!

Awesome steel there!!

Ray

The polished rams horns has a neat look to it. Great work all around! Ken

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Great idea and great outcome. Rob, you are quite the scalemaker! I would give my "Brunoblade" a nice smile!

Haha. I like that term

Wow, what an amazing finish! I have to admit that I passed over the Brunoblade in the classifieds without looking too closely, but now I'll be back. Fingers crossed my pockets allow me to get hold of one at some stage - can't promise that the finished product will be anything like this though, great work!

I'll keep it short and simple: nice classy design by bruno, really like the mods and finish by ukrob, well done gents!