Thread: A weekend at Bob Allman's (heavy in pics)

Wow, what great post!

Bob is one smart guy, great teacher, great razor maker, and a super nice guy.

Thanks to the two of you.

Charlie

Wow so much work and skill. Looks like you could hurt yourself real bad if you don't know what you are doing.

Awesome, I'll leave that you the experts...but wow!

Excellent pictorial/tutorial. Thank You.

Here we move on to the 4" wheel to really get the hollow going. Setting it up -



Grinding out the area above where we had previously ground. In my case the area almost reaches the previous grinds. Should make it a bit easier to clean up -



Here they are after the grinds. You get a good idea where the wheel is grinding -



Here we move on to the 2" wheel. This really thins out the blade area. On this we did have to go back with a quick adjustment to knock down a bump that is left after grinding high on the soine. This is normal and turns the large bump into 2 smaller ones that are easier to sand out.

Let me add real quck here that since we were running out of time Bob switched from grinding one of his and letting me dupicate it on both of mine to him grinding one of mine and I doing the other -



Here is the results of the last grind on the blade -



Here we move back to the 8" wheel to knock down the sholders so the have a better flow -

All done with the grinder -



And a quick buffing to cleaning up and they are ready for the joyful hand sanding -



At this point I was running out of time to get home to my wife before going to bed (work 6-2:30) so since I have some knife making skills Bob was pretty sure I could sand these out and put the handles on without to much trouble. Besides I could always contact him real quick if I suddenly forgot.

I have two other commissions to finish up and once that is done I will finish the sanding on these two. I changed my mind on one of the handle materials and ordered some wood from my favorite supplier. It will take awhile since the 6" is an odd size. I will continue the picture journey once I have the new wood in for continuity.

I would like to say thanks to Bob for having me down at his house. I know I'm not the easiest person to put up with and his patient was amazing. I know I over stepped the trading of knowledge from two different styles of knife makers. He only reminded me once "his shop, his way" and even that was just a friendly reminder not a rebook.

Jim

Thats so cool!

Thanks for sharing an interesting and informative experience, and thanks to Bob for generously sharing his remarkable craftsmanship!

Very cool!! Thank you for sharing.

Looking forward to seeing more pictures as the razors get finished and, more importantly, hearing how they shave.

Nice job and thanks for sharing.