Thread: Big Bad Battle Axe Custom

Originally Posted by boballman

Here's the update, excuse the tears. On Quasimoto, I thought I had damaged the razor when I let it get banged in the grinder pretty hard and didn't notice the crack until later. Then the exact same crack appeared at the exact same time, while setting the bevel, on Tyler's razor. I now realize that after grinding the sway in the spine, I gave it a rough look by heating the spine with an oxy-acet torch with the edge sitting in water. this protected the edge but the razor as a whole was stressed. I should have tempered again or skipped the torch treatment. Any way, as soon as I started to hone, this took away enough metal to weaken the edge where it lost the tug of war to internal stress and cracked dead center abiut 1/4" deep.

I am still in Mourning, as I had a lot of time and money invested...but I got some lessons I won't soon forget.

Sorry Tyler, We'll get you another one

Bob

In sure Einstein messed every once and awhile. Part of being a inventor or artist that's part of the game. And I'll be sure to email you a pic or the razor I would like today

Thanks for posting your findings Bob, stored this one in the old memory bank for the future.

That is one heck of a razor, I think if someone saw you shaving at the gym with that for example they would just be baffled, hahaha. very cool