Thread: 6/8+ razor in O2 steel, lava flow scales

I was asked to make a 6/8 razor, keep it simple yet a bit elegant, and with lava flow scales.
This razor was 6/8, but making smaller is always easy

The design is simple, but the polishing is done well. I am finally starting to be happy with the level of polish I can achieve. The polish on the tang and spine is good. In the hollows I can still improve.

Originally Posted by Bruno

but making smaller is always easy

Would you please explain the reason why this is the case?

Very nice Bruno. Keep on making them. You'll get the hang of it soon enough.

I really like the look of that Bruno! Classic styling...

Originally Posted by Utopian

Would you please explain the reason why this is the case?

Well, if you take a 7/8 razor and want a 6/8, you just run the edge to the belt grinder until it is 6/8, and then correct the grind.
Making it larger would be more difficult

Most of the razors I make that do not have a designated owner are around 15/16.
I always have several that are in progress, so if someone says 'I like this one, but I want it to be smaller, that is easy to accommodate as long as I haven't started polishing yet.

The classical form has always been comfortable and the size of 6/8 is just what you need. Good work and nice handle.

Whoa, very nice. I wondered about how the smaller ones are made. Thanks for that little bit of information.


Mike

Well, normally I forge to the size I go for, with a little bit to spare.
So normally If I want a 6/8 razor, I make a 6/8 razor.
But if I make a design of my own, I usually make 15/16 razors, give or take 1/8.
It's only when someone wants to modify a razor that is already in progress, that I make a big razor smaller.

The contrast between the highly polished flats and the satin hollows looks good. Have you ever tried doing a satin hand rubbed lengthwise finish on the hollows?

No, because it takes too much time, and it would not work on raors with shoulders because you can't sand the last bit properly.
Or rather, I did that twice. Once on the tamahagane folding razor, and once on the first razor I made for jimbo.
Both were shoulderless.

But it is just not worth it. Handsanding a razor blade just costs too much time.