When a razor is no longer a razor

It's a knife!

razors that are beyond restoration or are not of much value in my eyes I sometimes turn into friction folding knives. Here is a bowdins wedge I turned into a drop point. I rehandled it in hand jigged and dyed bone with a bone butt spacer. 3 pin design makes it easier to use as a knife. after blade reshaping it is then reground by whichever means suits it best, if it's a thick old wade I can usually flat grind it or if it's a thin little bowdin wedge I re-hollow grind it. Hollow ground ones with no false edge like this one can be honed just like a razor if desired. I make them so they take a bit of effort to close so they won't accidentally come open in your pocket, though a snug fitting leather sleeve or neck sheath is reccomended for good measure.

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What a cool idea!! :bow

How does it go fully open? Could you rig a little spring loaded clip (with a button release or something - hidden as the third pin?) inside the scales so that the tang clips into it when straight out? I know nothing about knives, so please feel free to laugh if that is a ridiculous suggestion. :)

But that looks great and is a marvellous idea. Thanks for that. :nj

James.

Nice! Personal hygiene and self-defense in one handy tool!

I wonder what you meant- making knives from razors.... that is damn cool.
do they tend to chip any? Nice jig btw

ok, how much?

thanks guys.

Jimbo, never thought of that, I might try developing something like that one day.

They don't chip if you don't do anything silly with them like bind them or pry with them.

From $75-$125 depending on the handle material and all that stuff.

Nice job!!!
I like it a lot.

beautiful work!!!!!!

I like the third pin that acts as a saftey to keep the razor from going too far open when used as a knife. Nice work, good idea!

really nice job well done

thanks folks:)