Thread: These are the first razors I have made?

Hello to All

The two razors featured below are my first attempt at making straight razors. I have been toying with the idea for a while and I have experimented on bits of steel to get the grind right etc.
What i would like to present to you in this post is two razors both made entirely from scratch.

The first is a Damasteel, Odins eye pattern with Rhodesian teak scales, a mammoth ivory spacer, copper pins and a copper and brass hinge pin combo.
The second is also Damasteel steel in the Bjorkmann twist pattern with bone scales an Ebony spacer copper pins and the same hint pin arrangement.

I would really appreciate it if you "razor pro's" could give me some constructive criticism. I am a hobby knife maker who delved into the razor field when I was inspired by some of the beautiful work I saw on this site. I know absolutely nothing about the traditions of razors so forgive any "common" errors that may be in my work??

Probably the hardest thing about this whole project was setting the edge......... to get these things to cut a hanging hair was about 4 hours work on each blade. It was however worth it there is a definite sense of satisfaction in taking a hair and simply popping it without any effort. Without further a due here are my creations.

Thank you for looking
Chris.
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