Hello,

I have made some progress on my first three razors, one will be my interpretation of a kamisori or a fixed blade / one piece razor. Please keep in mind that this is the first time I have ever ground a hollow grind, apart from one prototype that I made in aluminium. I'd like to show you some pics so far, since I do have a few questions

This is the aluminium prototype that I made, please note that I did zero finishing work on it and everything is very rough and crude!

The holes were mainly for decoration but also a way to lighten the blade and get the balance I wanted.
Here are the razors so far, they are made from 6 mm (0.236 inches) SS 2140.




I might change some details on the razors once I have cut them out, so the current blade profile is just to give me an initial shape, If I don't like something I will change it as I go.

I plan to grind the hollow as deep as possible on the kamisori, and I think I might have to taper the tang to get a decent balance.. I'm wondering how far I should take the taper? Past the plunges? And how much can I grind before I send it out to HT? Currently there is about 1,5 mm (1/16 ") at the edge, but as you can see in the third picture I could work the hollow further up by grinding behind the edge.

I have also been trying to find out how you go about tapering the tang on a "normal" straight razor, how far do you taper? Past the plunges on them as well? It's not the tapering process itself that I have questions about, I already know how to taper the tang on a fixed blade

Kind regards
Max