Thread: First 8/8 custom blades...

Originally Posted by Dafonz6987

That's funny, I was talking with another maker told me to have more of a taper... one point and I only taking off a little material for the taper (only because I wasn't comfortable taking more) he mentioned the function of the blade and how tapering coincides with the wedge. I had no idea what he meant until I applied what he said and I seen a huge difference in the pivot...

I the thing that really has me scratching my head is what the tang has to do with the function of being able to strop and hone the blade... typically I'm holding the shank of the blade to do that... I have to be misunderstanding...

Don't think I'm doubting ur expertise I'm just wanting to understand fully...


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I meant this taper:

Originally Posted by mainaman

I meant this taper:

Oh! I see what u mean now, you know personally I haven't had any issues with the blade tapering like that... in fact I thought it felt even more comfortable in the hand... but hey, I'm just one guy, I'll be curious to hear what the customers end up saying


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First off, those look very nice and they're looking like they'd be a fun way to scratch the itch my cheeks are starting to get. Like others have said, that hollow grind looks like a nice shave. As far as the taper of the tang, one thing I'll point out is stropping. Most razors tend to be pretty quick on a strop simply because you can roll the tang between your thumb and fingers kinda like you can a match stick. That wide tang would require a lot more finger gymnastics to do the same amount of work. I'm also thinking that because of the wide tang, scale placement might further compound the problem. I'm thinking it might give the scales an unbalanced feel in the hand...a sort of floppiness that wouldn't otherwise be there. Awesome work otherwise and i'm very interested to see how your work progresses.

Originally Posted by Krazymonkeys

First off, those look very nice and they're looking like they'd be a fun way to scratch the itch my cheeks are starting to get. Like others have said, that hollow grind looks like a nice shave. As far as the taper of the tang, one thing I'll point out is stropping. Most razors tend to be pretty quick on a strop simply because you can roll the tang between your thumb and fingers kinda like you can a match stick. That wide tang would require a lot more finger gymnastics to do the same amount of work. I'm also thinking that because of the wide tang, scale placement might further compound the problem. I'm thinking it might give the scales an unbalanced feel in the hand...a sort of floppiness that wouldn't otherwise be there. Awesome work otherwise and i'm very interested to see how your work progresses.

Yeah this thread is old, these were the first 88 blades I believe I even made... i’d give you links and all that but it’s frowned on here, maybe I’ll post some more recent work at some point

Oops. I didn't realize 2017. Just saw 8/5 on the last post. Sorry about that.

Originally Posted by Krazymonkeys

Oops. I didn't realize 2017. Just saw 8/5 on the last post. Sorry about that.

No worries, u made valid points... I’m always up to constructive criticism so even if I have thoughts on my new Razors I welcome them