Thread: Ready for he HT! New file work

Originally Posted by 10Pups

Well I forged my blade and then ground it out. It has a lot of detail to it. I did start with 120 and as I got closer to what I wanted I went finer. I have belts up to 1200 which IS too fine for before heat treat but I was looking to see what I could accomplish before I popped for the oven. I punched a hole it and annealed it so it is scaled and ready for more. But after HT it will be grind blade, clean,scale and hone.

The point I was making about the fine belts is they gave me time to get the feel of using the grinder before I took off too much material. If I made a mistake it wasn't to hard to get out and less likely to make again.

Wow I see exactly what u mean that's a great suggestion! Thanks! I have the problem of one little slip then boom debt in blade... Thank you!

Would help you to notice the heat too, too hot for the thumbs...too hot for a post ht blade.

The blade looks a bit like it has a frown. It could be the angle of the camera as well. If it has a frown, best fix that before HT because after, it will be harder.

Originally Posted by Bruno

The blade looks a bit like it has a frown. It could be the angle of the camera as well. If it has a frown, best fix that before HT because after, it will be harder.

Good eye! Yes the blade is at a frown... It's already been HT but thankfully my wife caught that and asked if it's supposed to do that... I looked at her like I was looking though her and walked away lmfao...

Ummm.... So I just realized something I don't know how much of a screw up this is but.... I fixed that frown not realizing I was losing the scribe line... In the future this is definitely something that is going to be shaped then scribed.... I know that One side was favored more than the other and I remember where those places were but no longer have the center line... Sooooo.... I'm going to hold off and see if someone has suggestion otherwise I'm just going to give it my best and call this trail and error....

See my signature ? :<0)
You get your oven yet ?
I got mine http://straightrazorpalace.com/forge...ml#post1350136, lots of great info in there on HT and steels in case your interested.

Originally Posted by 10Pups

See my signature ? :<0)
You get your oven yet ?
I got mine http://straightrazorpalace.com/forge...ml#post1350136, lots of great info in there on HT and steels in case your interested.

Thanks for the info! I actually just head some interesting info myself... Evenheat is coming out with an app that's automated to their HT for an extra $100

Nope no oven yet...

For the push button controller which is another 250 ? I looked at that but not sure I need a controller with bluetooth and usb so I can reset temps and change times while I am at Starbucks :<0) I got the Rampmaster and after it shipped I saw the vids with all the preset cone temps on RM2 and panicked. When it got here it had Rampmaster 3 with old style temp settings phew . If you saw me unbox mine I missed the plug that covers the top vent hole. Don't throw away the packing till you find it .It was inside some of that foam stuff. Almost missed it.

Ah! I thought I had missed out on something... Someone was telling me only an extra hundred bucks for it...: $250? I dunno if I would pay that much more... Yeah I'll have to check the packing for that

If I may make a suggestion: stop using scribe lines, and start using your eyes.
If you look at your razor from different angles, and along the edge, you will see a lot more than a scribe line ever could, and you can easily tell if the edge is straight or crooked. Also if you want to keep an eye on the geometry while you are grinding, all you need to do is just lay it flat on your bench, and keep an eye on how the razor would 'roll' if you were honing.

I used to make scribe lines when I was making my first razors. But the problem I was facing was that I forge my razors, so it is not possible to make scribe lines and measure parallel lines or right angles. Learn to look at your razor, and you'll start seeing everything you need to know. Scribelines and jigs are crutches imo.