Thread: Making my own razor

Originally Posted by drmccubx

...that's good advice. I marked center of the edge before hollow grinding. edge is now a little more on one side that the other. Thus , when I grind after heat treat I will have to keep that in mind so that the edge stays center. thus as you said . better for honing. so I will focus on the sholder, spine, tang etc. getting them the way I want them to look . What puzzles me is how much to taper the tang ? right now the steel from spine all the way down is 1/4 inch. by the way, the razor I "just" hollowed I am patterning after this one . I saw it on srp and thought , wow , love it . hopefully I don't step on toes . its pretty as all and I wanted one to look similar. that being said. taper question still stands

When I first saw this pic I was about to say "Holy cow man you made some progress!!"

Funny. I wish it was mine

Tried knocking up some scales today. And looks like it will be a dual process. Also got to get together with Mike nephew who has a torch and we bent some metal around. It was fun

[ATTACH]155816[ well long way to go. Still need heat treat. But had to see how scales might look /ATTACH]

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...