Thread: Introduction and my handmade damascus straight

That's very awesome I'd buy one if you offered them for sale and I had the cash at the time. I personally prefer a thin piece welded across the edge for a consistent material hardness across that edge.

The razor is beautiful, I really like the lines and dimensions. Great workmanship and design.

I once made a razor with a ball on the end of the tang like that, I spent hours filing and making it perfectly round ball only to discover I could not find an elegant way to get the tang to pass through the scales. I ended up turning the ball into a disk so that it would pass through. It was a frustrating experience for me. I am anxious to see how you solve the problem.

Charlie

Originally Posted by spazola

I could not find an elegant way to get the tang to pass through the scales.

Wow ! That never even occurred to me.

beautiful work.
very striking!!

you guys are really making me feel good about my future with blades haha.i'm not sure i follow the hardended edge bit..the entire blade area is hardened and tempered. you can actually see in person the etch changes slightly from where it was heat treated. do you mean like how japanese razors have a lower carbon steel for the handle and high carbon for the edge?

some will have a solid line of steel for the edge so you do not run into a problem with microchips forming around the welded areas which would make it hard to hone properly

Originally Posted by Dana

hey everyone, my name's Dana and i'm a student at Massachusetts college of art and design. my major is jewelry and metalsmithing and this past semester i got to study with master bladesmith, J.D. smith and learn the art of pattern welded steel. i used a mix of 1084 and 15n20 in 274 layers to make a firestorm pattern. i didn't discover this site until after i started the project and i would have done a few things differently if i knew about it sooner! but yeah, i haven't finished the scales or honed it just yet but i'm happy with it and can't wait to finish it! this site is awesome and i can't stop reading and looking at other people's projects/restorations.

Dana,

Outstanding design and production. Are we witnessing the birth of a young M. Livi or R. Williams in his creative infancy? Only time will tell.

You've earned an A in my gradebook chief.

Congratualtions...

Dana

That is a beautiful razor. Congratulations on this project. I can't wait to see the finished product.

Lu

Originally Posted by Troggie

some will have a solid line of steel for the edge so you do not run into a problem with microchips forming around the welded areas which would make it hard to hone properly

oh ok, that makes sense. i didn't realize that people did that. sounds like a nightmare in the forging process to achieve that

Wow Amazing work cant wait to see it finished