Thread: My homemade smilers

Originally Posted by bluesman7

Yes, that is correct.

Thought so. I noticed a bit of uneven honewear on the spine. This is mainly caused by the fact that those sides are vertical.

If you angle them just a tiny bit inwards at the top (so the spine is a bit narrower at the top than where the hollow grinding ends) you can virtually eliminate that type of honewear.
This is because then, the ridge between the spine and the hollows is a bit sharper, and any wear will not spread out like it does now.
It really doesn't have to be much. Even a couple degrees will make a huge difference.

If you look at many older blades where the hollows don't end at the top of the spine, you'll notice the same thing. The place where the hollows meet the spine is the widest part, and all the rest is thinner. Sometimes only by a hair, but it is there if you look for it.

Makes perfect sense Bruno, thanks. On the other hand the portions of the spine with wider hone wear should wear more slowly during future honing and tend to even out. I'm actually attracted to uneven wear on things like stone stairs and such, as it gives things some history. That, and the fact that the spine fix that you described can easily be done at anytime in the future make it somewhat of a non issue to me. I can understand others feeling differently.

Very good work! I hope to see your grinder setup next weekend and a couple of your razors.
BTW, I have a bunch of 18 5/8" sanding belts that I don't need ( maybe 200 of them). Can you make & mount a 6" wheel on your grinder? If so, I will bring the belts with me. Let me know.

Originally Posted by randydance062449

Very good work! I hope to see your grinder setup next weekend and a couple of your razors.
BTW, I have a bunch of 18 5/8" sanding belts that I don't need ( maybe 200 of them). Can you make & mount a 6" wheel on your grinder? If so, I will bring the belts with me. Let me know.

Thanks Randy.

I can easily make a rubber drum to hold the belts.

I did all of the grinding and heat treating on this one at The North Central Texas Meet.

This one will really sing.

My thinnest grind to date.

are you making those on the little one wheel grinder that was in the Texas meet thread? I really like the grinder and have been slowly putting together stuff with the intent of something similar, although I had not intended it for making razors, but sharpening chisels, but ever since that thread it has gotten me thinking...

Lovely work! I like me a good smiler!