Here is a razor I completed this week. I had fun with it. It was forged to shape. I have not done a lot of forging lately, it was an enjoyable process. It is 1084 with koa wood scales.
Charlie
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Here is a razor I completed this week. I had fun with it. It was forged to shape. I have not done a lot of forging lately, it was an enjoyable process. It is 1084 with koa wood scales.
Charlie
The perfect storm. Top notch, Charlie. You've arrived.
Chris L
This really hits all the buttons for me...I love the forged shank and the hamon, the proportions are beautiful.
Wow.
Great look, Charlie! You did a wonderful job with it...
I love it!
Beautiful!! I love your work you have a perfect balance of combining vintage and contemporary styles
That razor just does everything for me. I love the wood scales, and the forged tang. It's right up my alley. Thanks for this one.
nice hamon Charlie, and I love koa... well done!
Beautiful razor! Merging of era's. As always Charlie, thanks for your love of your craft.
Perfect!!! Seriously for my tastes I think that's the best razor I've seen up to thus point. Really something special.
Nice!
Richard
+1 to all of the praise expressed by the previous posters. I am always in awe of a hand forged razor. Especially one that is as well done as yours. Great job Charlie !
Charlie,
That's excellent work, Sir. I hope to be posting something similar before too long :D
well done. I've got some ideas for a similar grinding set up to yours, and I'm about to start collecting parts.
Cheers!
beautiful work, Charlie!
I'm always amazed at each new creation that you come up with....
keep'em comming!
That looks awesome. Love the hammered tang and how it all blends with the scales! Beautiful!
Awesome Charlie.
Whaddya think if the hamon had a turnback around your name. Just my 2ç
Well done! The hammered tail and spine are perfect !
Well done Charlie. Love that last pic too. That sucker looks SHARP!
Thanks to everybody for the kind words about my work. I appreciate your guys input.
Oz,Quote:
Originally Posted by onimaru55
If I could control the hamon that much I would do it. As it is there is a lot of randomness involved, when I do the process.
Charlie
PS
I finality made it to a 1000 post, I am a chatterbox.
I hear ya Charlie & lookin' forward to more randomnesss from you :)
Congrats on the 1k :tu
wow.
About the only thing I'm not at a lost of words for, would be that I'm amazed how individual and creative your pieces are.
Lovely texture on that one :)
Charlie, you're my hero man. ;)
That is beautiful! Did you do something to the edge to give it that 2 color edge?
Clay is used to do that (in the heat treating process). That's the "hamon" that some gents were referring to.Quote:
Originally Posted by markevens
It is exactly like Paul said, I put clay on the back/spine of the razor before the heat treat step. The clay insulates the metal so that is does not achieve the same hardness as the exposed areas. I then soaked the blade in a weak acid (hot vinegar). The acid etches the hard and not so hard differently.
Charlie
Great looking razor! The wood you used for those scales are awesome too. Love it.
I love your conception! Great style and taste, sort of "now and then" / "primitive and complex" / "pure and evil" mixture ;)
That's called art driven by passion!
This is a great looking razor and I love the hamon. Is there a reason more makers don't temper the edge like this? It looks fantastic!
You do realize that you are raising the bar for yourself each and every time you turn out another razor. The creativity and class you put into a razor is top notch.
Thanks for sharing...
The temper line/hamon is more common on swords or knives. It is not a traditional straight razor way of doing things and straight razors for the most part tend to be very traditional. I just like to branch out and try different things.Quote:
Originally Posted by kmag
Ha! The same could be said for you. It is an issue with everybody who makes things.Quote:
Originally Posted by shooter74743
Charlie