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My first ever "almost" completed razor . advice needed
Hey everyone,
Well, probably over a year ago I set out to make my own straight razor/razors . This , after learning how to shave with a straight razor , but still learning to hone. But I love to build stuff , and have experience with other media , such as wood . As well as most forms of Art and such . With that in mind here is my first ever straight razor made by me . it is just over 8/8 . The scales are "sapelle" wood . One of the pics shows a snare drum that I build . "Stave constructed" as well as segmented hoops that I built. I belonged to a drum building forum that is, sadly, no longer in existence . Anyway, some questions that I would have to experienced builders are this.
But first details on my build. I used a cheap 'O" belt sander / grinder with various grit belts to get it down to 10 thousandths of and inch throughout the length of the blade edge . But I think it needs to go thinner ? I tried setting the bevel last night on a Norton 1000 hone, and I will post pics tonight of the bevel later tonight . It is uneven so I think I need to grind more ? I say uneven but when a bevel on a straight razor is so thin, how much of a difference does it make ? One side of the blade the bevel is so small, the other side small but much more noticeable . Understand also that I am a noobe to a large degree. So, questions for this are these.
I own a sears wet grinder . Should I put the blade to the grinder and thin it in order to make the bevel more even and thus ensure a better bevel set ?
How long to set a bevel on a custom razor that has never been honed ? hundreds of strokes ?
So , the steps I have left are these.
polish it up, polish the lacquer on the scales . Trim the micro fastener pins , which I love by the way. easy on and off in case a new guy like me messes something up , get it honed and shave ready , test shave .
any and all input welcome
thanks,
drmccubx
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