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First Japanese Style Razor, Critiques Welcome.
So I've been inspired by all sorts of Japanese cutlery of late and wanted to share a few quick pics of the first of a few razors I have in the works.
The blade steel is 1095, it was water quenched with a clay treatment to give a hamon line. I forged it to the rough shape then ground the bevels, but apparently the hollow ground side wasn't quite hollow enough because I ended up with a pretty wide bevel when I honed it. I left it with a rough hammered finish, but I may prefer a more refined look on future razors, what do you guys think?
Russel