Thread: Worked back Wapi

Sterling stuff. Thank you for sharing!

Kool Kustom.
Quite like the shiny bevels.

After your modifications to your Japanese style razor, I'm a little surprised you didn't throw a few notches onto the Waip too.

I really like the worked spine; I think they look great in general.

Way to take something the seemed like a piece and transform it. A warped Wapi? Really? I thought only five or six warped Wapis existed..............and that I own every one of them.

I am very surprised that when you ground on the heel like that (nice job and look BTW) the blade at the edge level didn't flake off and fall away like pieces of store bought fish food. I had one do that during a simple and delicate honing process!

Chris L

Originally Posted by Chris L

Way to take something the seemed like a piece and transform it. A warped Wapi? Really? I thought only five or six warped Wapis existed..............and that I own every one of them.

I am very surprised that when you ground on the heel like that (nice job and look BTW) the blade at the edge level didn't flake off and fall away like pieces of store bought fish food. I had one do that during a simple and delicate honing process!

Chris L

My luck with Wapis was 50/50. I bought two, one was fine, the other (this one) warped.

With all the talk of teh Wapis being 1/4 grinds etc. I never agreed with that assesment, as the very edge, as it comes is actually very flexible, like a full hollow. Attached is a pic I've shown before of the edge deflection when using light pressure against the edge of my desk.

In my 220 grit "regrind" it seems all of that thin, pliable, floppy steel is now ground to dust in the workshop floor. I just gave the razor the same test, and there is no discernable flex to the edge any longer. I imagine it was that thin section that fell off your razor when you were working on it.

Also a pic of the razor shining in the morning sun...

I agree the tip is thin, I was practicing with my flap wheels on the less expensive blades, on the w&b no problem, on the wapi I got a slight wave to the very edge. I'm sure it will be easy to take care of but I too thought the edge was too thin.

Red

damn, that's pretty good looking, i'm going to try that on old double arrow i have sitting around that i never did anything with.