Bruno's Blade

A bit of a different project here - one of the guys here (Bruno) forged this blade and ground it up to 80 grit only so that someone could polish it as a project.
The first photo shows it as received then followed by polished. You will notice I modified the heel slightly to tone it down and also just take a fraction off because I couldn't get the right curve on the bottom of the scale. As it was, I was in danger of having a very sharp point protruding below the scale. The scales are rams horn - I usually use buffalo horn but decided to try something different as I intended to leave the ridges - however that wasn't to be so I sanded both front and back.
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I really like the rams horn, well done.

Wow...
That looks stunning. Seeing it like that makes me happy. Thanks you for making it look so good. Fills my heart with pride and joy!
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Beautiful work, both of you! I am envious.

That Bruno hit a homerun on that one,,,great job dressing her up,,,keep us advised on the shave.

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!

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Originally Posted by Hirlau

That Bruno hit a homerun on that one,,,great job dressing her up,,,keep us advised on the shave.

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Yes that alway's helps doesn't it. I set the bevel on a 1k followed by Norton 4k and 8k. After that my Jnat with 3 different naguras. Because the blade is wide at 8/8" I used two lots of tape. The shave is very smooth and I took to the blade size surprisingly easy - although I'm glad I muted the heel. I know a lot of people have extreme points at both ends but I just get the feeling that it's easy for one of them to bite whilst you're watching the other one.:)

Thanks for the comments.

sure looks nice, and Bruno, really great of you to donate a semi grind blade for someone to finish :)!

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Originally Posted by miha

sure looks nice, and Bruno, really great of you to donate a semi grind blade for someone to finish :)!

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Just to make this clear and avoid Bruno receiving lots of pms - the blade was offered for sale in the classified section - not donated.

..whoopsy doopsy, my bad, I apparently misunderstood, nevertheless nice blade, and nicely finished :)!

Very nice combine effort there in deed:tu

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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!

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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! :D

Awesome steel there!!

Ray

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

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

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Haha. I like that term :)

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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!

Beautiful job, blade, finishing and scales, well done!

Wow, great craftsmanship, looks amazing. :)

Super nice work! Man, I gotta get me one of these BrunoBlades...

Beautiful work.
The razor really turned out very well.

I've got a Brunoblade in hand to do exactly the same thing. Can't wait to get started. Thanks for posting because I was also thinking doing something similar at the heel and also considering horn scales.
Very nice finish there. And very nice blade Bruno forged...

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Originally Posted by UKRob

A bit of a different project here - one of the guys here (Bruno) forged this blade and ground it up to 80 grit only so that someone could polish it as a project.
The first photo shows it as received then followed by polished. You will notice I modified the heel slightly to tone it down and also just take a fraction off because I couldn't get the right curve on the bottom of the scale. As it was, I was in danger of having a very sharp point protruding below the scale. The scales are rams horn - I usually use buffalo horn but decided to try something different as I intended to leave the ridges - however that wasn't to be so I sanded both front and back.

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Your work has proven inspirational. After some correspondence with Bruno, My custom blade is in the works and I couldn't be more excited :brunoisright

Any word yet on the shave quality?

I believe I have a Bruno Blade in the works. I anxiously await a payment request and shipping info........

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Originally Posted by entropy1049

Your work has proven inspirational. After some correspondence with Bruno, My custom blade is in the works and I couldn't be more excited :brunoisright

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Yes I know your anticipation, I have a custom blank on the order list now also to the same level so I can complete it, so the search for a scale design & materials in on in readiness.

Agreed! I've been experimenting with bone scales and horn spacers, think it's a great combination:

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Any word yet on the shave quality?

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Yes, the shave was very smooth - I used 2 layers of tape as the blade width is 8/8" - I could actually have gone up to 3 layers so anyone doing the same as me, bear this in mind.

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Agreed! I've been experimenting with bone scales and horn spacers, think it's a great combination:

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Bone and horn go together well - I like to keep a colour difference - same as the picture.

I've recently been messing with G10 and carbon fiber...what Bruno will be working on for me is kind of a modern take on a meat chopper, so I too am contemplating just how to scale it.

I was the lucky purchaser of UKRob's Bruno blade. It is the first "big" blade I have bought and I can honestly say it is the best straight shave I have had as well as looking stunning....I cant believe how smooth it shaves. Down side is that it has got me looking at more customs.

Well done on the scales. Nicely finished and the horn really looks great.

Well done Bruno also, the blade design is really nice.

Stu

Here's my progress so far in mine. I was reminded of something today - I SUCK at finishing.
Anyway, seemed like it honed up nice, I'll have to try it tomorrow. I have some scale material coming in next week.
The line near the spine is from the tape- gotta get that off too.

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