First Custom: 17/16 Spanish Point in Ivory
I first need to thank both Brian and Charlie for various advice given on heat treating and grinding and for putting up with my endless questions. Guys - thank you!
I finally got around to getting this done before Christmas. Steel is 1084 and double tempered at 400°. The razor is approximately 17/16 to 9/8 wide. Slight smiling edge and Spanish point. I learned a ton going through this and hopefully will use what I learned to only get better. I left the edge about 0.008 - 0.010" wide after the final grind and it took me 2-3 hours worth of work on my chosera 400 and 1K to get the bevel set. In the future I will go thinner or get a coarser chosera to begin the work. After that it was coticule as usual for me and since I'm home visiting family that was as far I as I took it because I didn't want to pack other stones. It's popping hairs now with ease mid shaft and I will have a very special Christmas day shave tomorrow.
Scales are Ivory with an aluminum wedge. I didn't have a lot of Ivory to work with so they are narrower than I had wanted and thus had to thin the wedge spacer quite a bit to make sure the razor wouldn't stick out from the scales when closed. The wedge is tapered despite what it appears but only very small as it was getting too thin to work with. There are a couple surface microcracks on the ivory, but that is how the blanks came and I think it adds a little character. They definitely don't pose any risks.
Any advice/constructive criticism is more than welcome. I already know I need to work on my filing on future razors and also on keeping an even grind. I will probably take future razors thinner on the final grind as well to make honing not such a PITA.
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