Thread: Help - I possibly Found some useable razor blanks

Thanks. I think I'm going to get a hold of geezer and ask him a few questions.

Invite him to the thread so we can all read :<0)

Those narrower ones finish to about 9/16ths at the max. Buy the widest ones! Still, the steel is great. Very good price, I didn't see them in a catalog for some years now.
~Richard
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Originally Posted by Geezer

Those narrower ones finish to about 9/16ths at the max. Buy the widest ones! Still, the steel is great. Very good price, I didn't see them in a catalog for some years now.
~Richard
Follow the link from 32t above to learn more.

Well looks like I will be buying myself some blanks.

Looks like good stuff.

I wouldn't mind a half dozen...not kidding. PM sent...

To tell if they are heat treated you can tap one on the others spine. The sound will be a dull or a "tink". You will know for sure if they are hard or soft. Either way, still interested

Originally Posted by rlmnshvstr8

Hey yall,

tell me me if I might have found a good find. I've went to a knife shop near where I live and walked by the knife making department and found some 2" razor blanks (no scales) made from 1095 carbon steel. All wedges for about $5 each. They all have no edge on them. But what do you think? That is all the info I have.

I received my blanks in the mail today Neil. They are not heat treated & will finish out at a small 5/8 or large 4/8. You will be able to stamp the steel if you wish. How do you know it's 1095 steel? I ask this because it matters with the quench. Thank you for allowing me to participate in this, should be fun!

Originally Posted by shooter74743

I received my blanks in the mail today Neil. They are not heat treated & will finish out at a small 5/8 or large 4/8. You will be able to stamp the steel if you wish. How do you know it's 1095 steel? I ask this because it matters with the quench. Thank you for allowing me to participate in this, should be fun!

Sadly woo only know by what the man at the knife shop told me. He was the one who told me it was 1095

Mike Blue hardened all mine so he may chime in shortly. They were very hard when he got done! so, of all the smiths, he would know for sure what the cycle hardening and tempering would be best. It was more than just a hardening and tempering in two steps.
~Richard