Thread: japanese style razor

I have a chance to hone above beauties to Karlo and I can freely say that Karlo did great job especially with steel choosing.
All razors took great edges - very sharp but very smooth same time.
Next time I will make some shaving videos - waiting for new batch.

look's nice , But personally , I find that the steel is too thick compared to the iron.

thanks, I’m glad you like it.

Originally Posted by bryan

look's nice , But personally , I find that the steel is too thick compared to the iron.

yes, the steel is half the thickness of the razor and it is on entire left side, even on the handle. but like I said I made a few changes compared to the original design. though I’m not sure will this be bad or neutral thing for using razor.

It's great to see this sort of work being done. Good stuff!

Some skills you have there

Originally Posted by j1mmyman

Some skills you have there

Thank you.

Originally Posted by Karlo

thanks, I’m glad you like it.



yes, the steel is half the thickness of the razor and it is on entire left side, even on the handle. but like I said I made a few changes compared to the original design. though I’m not sure will this be bad or neutral thing for using razor.

it's not bad , but your way is less easy for quenching

Nicely done. If I may just offer a small suggestion: If you see that the bevels get as wide as this, grind the razor some more so that the bevels get thinner. Fat bevels make for a lot more effort in honing (since much more metal needs to be removed). Thinner bevels are also more elegant and a mark of skill.

king2011 told me exactly the same thing and yes thinner bevels look more elegant. part of it is due to my sharpening. I was going from 300 to 3000 stone at least 5 times until King got them. originally, they were at least half of the present width.

Originally Posted by Karlo

king2011 told me exactly the same thing and yes thinner bevels look more elegant. part of it is due to my sharpening. I was going from 300 to 3000 stone at least 5 times until King got them. originally, they were at least half of the present width.

I am pretty sure that new batch of razors will have much more narrow bevels so they will look more elegant - but as someone told wide bevels are just cosmetic issue and nothing more. Those razors are excellent shavers no matter of such a wide bevels.