Thread: Made my first razors

Originally Posted by celticcrusader

Who honed the razors for you, and what was your honing progression? I would also like to know who these experienced straight razor users are in the UK, as I hone more razors in the UK than anyone.

I honed them, 400 ezelap, 1000 and 2000 shapton glass, 4000 and 8000 norton, 12000 Naniwa speciality stone and plain leather strop, the testers are members of Straight Razor UK on facebook.

Originally Posted by DZEC

Hard to tell the point style from the photo. Regardless, they look great.

The proof is in the shaving and it will be interesting to hear the results of the test shaves.

There are some responses from testers;

https://www.facebook.com/groups/stra...eply&ref=notif

https://edgematters.uk/thread/18796-...363#post191363

Nice looking razors. I like that you went with a nice functional design instead of a crazy looking 11/8 blade with spine that looks like a serrated edge.
Can you provide some more information about them?
What type of stainless used, did you combine the steels yourself, dimensions, type of grind, type of synthetic material used in scales, tempering process, and do you know the HRC? I imagine the guys that are really into customs or do work themselves would like to know more about how you produced these blades.

Looks good. Are you planning on selling or just making for your own collection?

Originally Posted by SHING

Thanks, they are suppose to be Spanish points!

They appear to have square points.

Originally Posted by JP5

Nice looking razors. I like that you went with a nice functional design instead of a crazy looking 11/8 blade with spine that looks like a serrated edge.
Can you provide some more information about them?
What type of stainless used, did you combine the steels yourself, dimensions, type of grind, type of synthetic material used in scales, tempering process, and do you know the HRC? I imagine the guys that are really into customs or do work themselves would like to know more about how you produced these blades.

The steels are O1 and Sandvik 12C27 stainless, the handles are G10 glass composite, the grinds are half hollow, tempered at 150C. Don't know the HRc.

I recently bought a chan van wyk razor which i’ve used once and found really good. I’m not sure if it was from this first batch of razors but it looks similar. Thanks.