Thread: Damascus kamisori

Nice my friend, very clean looking.

Lovely looking razor, great work. Wish I could do stuff like that.

Is the curved spine OK for honing? It looks like it's touching the hone more on the heel and toe than in the middle - won't it develop a frown eventually? (having said iirc you are supposed to hone the back more than the front so I guess that will probably even it out).

Very nice looking Karlo!!
Where are you making these at? Can you tell us more about your forge work? Folds etc?
Paul

Great job, I love everything about the blade.

Originally Posted by BakerandBadger

Lovely looking razor, great work. Wish I could do stuff like that.

Is the curved spine OK for honing? It looks like it's touching the hone more on the heel and toe than in the middle - won't it develop a frown eventually? (having said iirc you are supposed to hone the back more than the front so I guess that will probably even it out).

I see the issue you describe & yes kamisori are usually less curved at the ridge but actually you hone the front more than the back.

The grind seems more like a microtome than a kamisori i.e. the back looks convex. Is it the angle of the pics ?

Beautiful even grain in the steel.

Really sweet looking blade. Well done.

Stu

Thanks!

Originally Posted by BakerandBadger

Lovely looking razor, great work. Wish I could do stuff like that.

Is the curved spine OK for honing? It looks like it's touching the hone more on the heel and toe than in the middle - won't it develop a frown eventually? (having said iirc you are supposed to hone the back more than the front so I guess that will probably even it out).

When it is honed it lays dead flat on the hone. Heel and toe are the way they are because I took a little bit more material in the middle with grinding wheel.

Originally Posted by onimaru55

I see the issue you describe & yes kamisori are usually less curved at the ridge but actually you hone the front more than the back.

The grind seems more like a microtome than a kamisori i.e. the back looks convex. Is it the angle of the pics ?

Beautiful even grain in the steel.

Back may look convex but they are concave. As a matter of fact every picture is a bit distorted when I take them on such a small object.

Originally Posted by Str8Shooter

Very nice looking Karlo!!
Where are you making these at? Can you tell us more about your forge work? Folds etc?
Paul

I make them here :





I’ll post some videos and photos of my forge shop and some work later this year.

That would be awesome, thanks for that!

I like the blade a lot