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01-07-2016, 03:40 PM #1
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Thanked: 3222You can still have a "shoulderless heel" in a full hollow.
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BobLife is a terminal illness in the end
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01-07-2016, 05:14 PM #2
Thanks for posting this .
That's a lovely razor you'veade there
Cheers Paul
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01-07-2016, 06:47 PM #3
Thanks everyone for your comments!
With the pinning, do you mane the edges? I kind of thought that.. I need a smaller hammer. Or do you mean they should be more polished? I kind of like the hammered look, just wondering if you could elaborate. Thanks Bob
I didnt feel like I was honing very hard.. But I usually make knives, so I obviously probably was. It was about the bottom 1/4" of the blade I noticed the flex at. Is there a preferred grind that is more sought after than any others? Looking at that chart I feel like the first 3 hollows would be really hard to achieve. Thanks!
Thanks, I ended up sanding 2 brass washers down really thin to keep the scales from touching. Is this a no no? The spacer is tapered slightly, but not nearly enough to curve the scales. It didnt seem to want to sit perfectly straight in there until I finally just decided to peen the pins, then it was pretty bang on, a bit of a sigh of relieve for sure. Thanks again!
Thanks for that link Bob, I will reference that for my next one
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01-07-2016, 08:21 PM #4
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Thanked: 3222I was thinking of a more smooth look to the heads but if the hammered look was what you were aiming for you nailed it. The other point on the pinning was the flat washers. I think domed washers finish off a pinning job better than plain flat ones. Again that is a personal preference and the way vintage razors are pinned, usually.
I don't think there is a general consensus on which is a preferred grind. That would vary on an individual basis, I think. Not being a razor maker I would think the first 3 hollow ground types would be hard to grind without a lot of skill and lead to more rejected blades than with other heavier grinds. I am sure someone who actually does make razor blades can say for sure on that score.
The only thing I have against the reverse curve you did on your shoulderless blade is that it is just another place to cut yourself on a blade point. A point on the toe is enough for me to worry about without having to watch the heel also. Again that is a personal preference and I can't recall seeing any vintage razors with that reverse curve at the heel. If it was useful to have one I think they would have been more common when straight razors were in there heyday.
BobLife is a terminal illness in the end
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01-07-2016, 08:28 PM #5
Man that thing is beautiful. I wish I had the skill to do that!
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01-13-2016, 10:15 PM #6
Yes, it is etched with ferric chloride as part of the finishing steps. Thanks!
Thanks Bruno, The tang itself is 1/4" thick, Or are you meaning top to bottom where you would hold it?
Hey Martin, Thanks for the input! My next razor will definitely have a better wedge. These scales I think are too thick to flex, so I will have to thin those down as well I assume. As for the spine there is a very slight difference (just enough to barely wiggle a set of calipers) in thickness but only in the very middle, I just came up a little high on the grind on my last grits. Good eye! Thanks again
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01-13-2016, 11:53 PM #7
that is a mean looking razor! great finish on it.
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01-07-2016, 09:20 PM #8
I personally like spike or near spike heels. I find them very useful for cutting the lines around a Van Dyke. All of the razors that I make for myself have spike heels and I've modified several vintage razors for the same. Not saying anyone is right or wrong, just wanted to say that some people do find that heel design useful and desirable.
On the grinds, they are just personal preference, though I have read that the hollow ground razor was considered a major advancement when it was adopted in the early 1900s. Anything more hollow than a quarter hollow requires using wheels of a small enough radius that grinding through the middle of the razor becomes a possibility.Last edited by bluesman7; 01-07-2016 at 09:30 PM.
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01-07-2016, 10:49 PM #9
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Thanked: 4249Like others have mentioned, the blade finish looks very nice to me, would prefer a real wedge for the scales and not such a big opening of the scales at the pivot.
Im wondering looking at the spine of the razor as it progresses to the tang, it looks like it gets thicker towards the heel of the razor, may cause some honing problems.
Overall great work!