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Thread: Wootz razor in progress
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03-05-2016, 03:56 PM #51
Hi Bruno,
Great work on the razor, sounds superb. I cheated and skipped a few pages to the end.
Is there another thread about your work on the kitchen knife you mentioned?
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03-05-2016, 06:33 PM #52
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03-06-2016, 11:55 PM #53Til shade is gone, til water is gone, Into the shadow with teeth bared, screaming defiance with the last breath.
To spit in Sightblinder’s eye on the Last Day
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04-03-2016, 04:58 PM #54
A scale-less blade I finished this afternoon. The finish is a repeated sanding and etching process that I am still needing to improve.
In the correct light, there are also white-ish structures snaking around the black carbides. It looks very nice and organic but doesn't capture at all sadly.
Til shade is gone, til water is gone, Into the shadow with teeth bared, screaming defiance with the last breath.
To spit in Sightblinder’s eye on the Last Day
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04-03-2016, 05:01 PM #55
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Thanked: 2284Very nice Bruno. I like more traditional looking blades, so this one really grabs my attention. Can't wait to see it completed, should be a stellar razor!
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04-03-2016, 06:28 PM #56
That is a beauty Bruno!
Is it an optical illusion or is there a heel hook on it?
Ed
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04-15-2016, 09:25 PM #57
Another Arwen design razor in wootz, pictured on Ivory. Still a bit greasy all over but this is just a reference pic with different colors of mammoth tusk for the customer to choose from. I am getting there on my etching technique. Still a lot more work to clear out the unknowns in my process but at least now I know in which direction I need to go to get from start to finish
Til shade is gone, til water is gone, Into the shadow with teeth bared, screaming defiance with the last breath.
To spit in Sightblinder’s eye on the Last Day
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04-23-2016, 07:36 AM #58
And this is the razor done, with ivory scales.
I just love wootz patterns. For one, they force me to be better at finish polishing because otherwise the patterns don't come out crisp. Mainly however, the more I look at them, the more they draw me in and make me feel like I am looking at a continuously changing maze.
Til shade is gone, til water is gone, Into the shadow with teeth bared, screaming defiance with the last breath.
To spit in Sightblinder’s eye on the Last Day
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07-13-2016, 04:44 PM #59
Cell phone closeup of a razor for which I am currently making scales.
Til shade is gone, til water is gone, Into the shadow with teeth bared, screaming defiance with the last breath.
To spit in Sightblinder’s eye on the Last Day
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12-27-2016, 11:45 PM #60
In progress pics of a wootz razor that is going to wear mammoth tusk ivory.
this geometry is a bit different from my other designs. I wanted to make sure I got it right so in order to be really sure I first made a blade in carbon steel, and after grinding I added some cardboard scales and mailed it to the customer. That way he could be 100% sure that the result would be ok. He mailed it back and I used it as a template for the wootz razor.
Til shade is gone, til water is gone, Into the shadow with teeth bared, screaming defiance with the last breath.
To spit in Sightblinder’s eye on the Last Day