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07-13-2020, 07:22 PM #1
Will do. I am leaning towards something like a reynolds humpback. For the scales idk yet. Possibly something fossil with blue in it.
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08-31-2020, 05:14 PM #2
This is all the pre - heattreatment work done on my Pendray wootz razors project They're still as identical as i can make them. Even the jimping lines up between them. I've decided that I am going to follow my latest understanding about wootz carbides and do a water quench. I am at the same time excited and scared. Excited because the pattern should have an even bigger contrast than the other Pendray razors I made yet. Scared because water quenching is a tricky and sensitive process and I am dreading hearing a 4 digit ping.
I have taken a number of safety precautions I don't normally take. I sanded the hollows with a worn 120 grit belt, and rounded the edge, polished the edge, and smoothed the barbers notch on the inside. The idea is to avoid any and all stress risers. Normally I would not do this because it's not truly necessary if you quench right. But it would suck beyond belief to hear a ping and then say, you know, I should have polished the edge instead of leaving that grinding scratch...
Til shade is gone, til water is gone, Into the shadow with teeth bared, screaming defiance with the last breath.
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08-31-2020, 06:51 PM #3Senior Member
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09-13-2020, 08:43 PM #4
Both survived the heat treatment!
Til shade is gone, til water is gone, Into the shadow with teeth bared, screaming defiance with the last breath.
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09-20-2020, 09:20 PM #5
This is during finish grinding, 120 grit, no etching whatsoever! The carbides are so strong I can just see them without etching. The patterning on the razors for Mike and me is going to be awesome.
Aside from the nice carbides, you can see it auto hamoned during quench. The blade hollows were hard completely on the outside. When I started grinding, everything sparked. As soon as I ground through the surface, the hollows became soft at the spine.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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