Thread: A Couple of Customs in Carbon Fiber

Originally Posted by spazola

Those are some fine looking razors, I am digging the tang shapes. I like the little notch between the tang and heel of the blade.

Charlie

Thanks,
I have to go back and touch up one side of the "notch"
It seems it need a slight more taper. You can feel it when stroping. It not enough to scratch the leather but just enough to notice.

Stunning work! That purple wedge really stands out and is VERY COOL!!

You consistantly blow me away with your work Brian. Seriuosly beautiful

Michael

So a bit of follow up on the razor pictured here with the Orange spacer...

Brian sent this out to me so I could mess around with honing it and shaving it... When I talked with him I learned that he normally goes to natural stones for finishing, so for the first run through I decided to go to the exact polar opposite and see how the razor faired..

Honing the first time was done on the full set of Shaptons 1-2-4-6-8-16-30 + 10 laps on Cerium Oxide the razor was very well behaved all the way through on the hones not a single hiccup...

The results of my first shave last night were great, the razor held onto the Shapton edge and delivered a very close comfortable shave.. In fact I still can't feel stubble after 12 hours



I am going to shave it once again with this edge then re-hone using an Escher as a finisher and see how that feels too..

I redid the other BB today, also with Shaptons
Brian warned me before I got it he wasn't 100% satisfied with his honing on it, and the least couple shaves didn't feel right, so it was time. Chosera 1k, 2-4-6-8-16k Shapton GS, then 0.50 CBN on balsa, 0.25 CBN on balsa, finishing with 0.125 CBN on leather.

Now we were talking, got a killer shave, nice and smooth and really , really close, we are talking almsot BBS at the second pass, yet you go for a third because it feels so good!....


By blix72 at 2011-08-24

I can't tell a lie...blix was the victim of a new hone acquisition...lol
Kind of like a kid that gets a BB gun for Christmas.... You have to try it out, Right!
I did give him fair warning though...lol

Sweet! Nice work!