Attachment 150449Had gotten a rough shape on a razor I am tinkering with as a gift. I myself like things around 7/8 but my Viking buddy has been moaning about wanting a more "manly" razor. Inspired by Charlie's awesome one piece razors, I set about on this piece of 0-1 steel. Currently at 10/8 but I expect it to be 9/8 by the time I am done
Cleaned it up a little to see how it was progressing, and spotted a crack in the tang about 3/4 in inch from the heel.
Before I set any more effort than I already have into this, can the crack be repaired? I don't have the skill to forge weld (I don't think my little forge gets hot enough anyway) but perhaps stick weld?
I figure if it can be done, best before doing any heat treating right?
Up until this point I have only used scrap steels. This is my first try from purchased metal, and my first crack, and its bothering me that this happened. my silly little loop is fine, I would have thought that would have been a more likely place to go! Attachment 150447