Thread: Straight razor blank plans (vector or CAD)

I have access to a flowjet (and I know how to use it) and some extra 1095 steel in 3/8 thickness. I was thinking of making a straight razor. First step is cutting out the blanks on the flowjet - does anybody know where I could find plans for a blank (or have one they'd be willing to share with me)? Ideally in CAD (.DXF) or vector (.AI) format, but I'm not picky. I've spent a lot of time Googling, but unfortunately haven't come up with anything.

I'm hoping to start making razors soon. I figured I'd look at razors I like and then just do a variation on that theme.

That said, I'd love to play with a toy like yours, but I'd assume that you are probably going to have to come up with your own designs. Either way, please show us what you make!!!

It would be easy to draw an out line in corel draw, then save it as a .dxf . Should be able to do the same in .ai .
I do it in corel for engraving with a cnc engraver and it works great.

V/R
Tim

With it being 3/8 steel, you are going to have to draw out 8/8 or larger blades?

Actually I have 3/16 - as I was typing that, I was thinking it would make a nice 5/8 blank and I mistyped . 3/8 would make a *huge* razor!

Good luck in your quest. I can't help you with CAD drawings. I use a sketch book to draw designs, and then eyeball it until it is done. I forge everything to size anyway so it's really all down to eyeballing and gut feeling.

I posted some write ups of my fixed blade razor build on my blog, with links to a DXF. Feel free to use/modify/whatever. Here is the cad file:

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B-J...HluX3d0bDYxMFE

Here are my writeups on building my first two razors:
Tooling Up: First homemade straight razors - out for heat treating
Tooling Up: First two razors finished and in Use

Waterjet would be pretty nice for cutting blanks, especially if the shape were more complicated than mine.

Sent you a message.