Thread: Making my own razor

Now, with the mocked up scales...how does it strop? How does it handle if you were to mock shave? These are all important parts of the design...

The scales are not attached to each other. The feel is bulky. I need to narrow the tail

Narrowed the end of the scales. Feels good in the hand

Been thinking about trying the same things when i get my forge going. Glad to see others putting their experiences out here. Good looking razor so far! It looks like so much fun! Thanks for all the ideas from everyone. Im living vicariously through you for now DRM, keep up the good work.

Well I am tempted to make it into a smiling razor. Thoughts? Other than that just some more light sanding then heat treat

With that big notch in the hollow at the heal of the blade...I wouldn't. I can't see a pivot hole...

here is the pivot hole

here is some progress on one of my straights. Tapered the tang. Comphy in the hand. Almost ready for heat treatment

Ok maybe now I got all of this out of my system and I am ready for heat treatment. New Japanese style razor, razor also. I could not resist

Think about bending the tang up a tad on the Kami - I find they are easier to use that way, and most of the traditional one are not straight. Just a suggestion - and very hard to do after heat treating.