So I guess this would belong here.

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Even though I didn't forge anything?

Allright, this forum is pretty much what got me into making knives. And I've been doing so for the past oh....almost 10 years now with a lot of enjoyment.
But...all that time in the back of my head I'd been thinking about straight razors.
However since I always lacked the means to put those nice hollow grinds on I never did get around to it.
Then I bought a brand new grinder with an (around) 6"wheel and now I finally have the means to put the right grind in. So here's my first practise razor.

A fixed blade razor with an approx. half hollow grind made from a worn out Nicholson file.

Don't mind the handle shape...it's not ideal and I'm less than happy with it. But I needed to start somewhere.
I think the grind is thin enough and I'll hone it up today and see if I can take it out for a testdrive soon.

Normally I heat treat my carbon steel blades. But in this case I just left the heat treat of the file (high hardness on a good carbon steel right?) and decided that I'd just keep the temperature down while grinding to retain the hardness. It was slow going but should be good. I might still pop it into an oven for a temper session though. According to my research it should be around rockwell 64-65 right now which is a bit on the hard side.

Anyway...pics is what you're really looking for offcourse: