Thread: Round Point King Cutter in Red Linen Micarta

I finally have this one almost complete, close enough to at least post some pics.

I found this King Cutter with a good sized nick in the blade at a local antique store. It was just the blade, which saved a little time on the unpinning process.

The blade was in pretty decent shape (other than the nick) so I just took off the patina with some .5 micron sand paper and polished it up a little. I am a newbie with a polishing wheel and got a little carried away. The etching on the blade is a little shinier than it should be, making the text a little hard to read.

I was getting a little tired of all of my razors having a very similar look to them. Almost all have black scales. Boring. I like the way the micarta turned out. I still have the option of polishing it for more shine, but I like the matt finish. Feels nice too, just a little bit of tactile sensation, very smooth but doesn't feel polished. I used a clear acrylic spacer for contrast.

I think I will be replacing the microfasteners with regular brass pins, but I haven't done any of that yet and didn't want to learn on this set of scales.

Stupid stainless steel takes forever to hone. I jumped the gun and didn't set the bevel very well. It shaved, but was the worst shave since starting with the straights. I'll fix that tomorrow night.












This last picture is of the current rotation. All Bokers. King Cutter with a lot of micropitting in black scales. Edelweiss in faux ivory.

Very nice work....I LOVE THOSE SCALES!!!! Good choice.

make sure you post this in the boker club thread!!! Nice job dude

Very nice king cutter... but i do not believe it is stainless.. i think they were all carbon steel ... the extra honing most likely was getting rid of slightly oxidizes steel and into the good stuff ...should be a great shaver

+1 Jim that's a carbon blade for sure.

Nice !

I like the red. Very well done.

Nice restore. So, where do you guys get your micarta?

I got my micarta from a knife making supplier here in Alberta. Ranger Original Handcrafted Knives :: OnLine Store

I spoke with them on the phone and they were nice enough to offer to sell me a slab of micarta that is 6 inches long, instead of the usual 5" (knife scales) or 12" (sheet) sizes.

Originally Posted by dnjrboy

Stupid stainless steel takes forever to hone. I jumped the gun and didn't set the bevel very well. It shaved, but was the worst shave since starting with the straights. I'll fix that tomorrow night.

I recently honed up a Red Injun and a King Cutter and all stages of sharpening seemed to take twice as long as the standard solingen razor of my experience. I can see how you might think your King Cutter was stainless if its steel is as hard as mine was.

The micarta looks really good with that blade, and I agree that the matte finish accentuates it nicely.