Thread: Frankensteel razor #1

And this is where the decision to fold the billet came back to bite. About 2/3 of the way to the toe, you can see that there's a bad weld. It's on the side, and not right on the edge, so not a total disaster, but not good. The good news is that it survived hardening. The bad news is that the bad weld looked much worse after tempering.



And then, when going to do the final grind... disaster! Or, potential disaster... The bad weld extended way, way further back into the billet than I had hoped.



So... back to the grinder, and plan B. No more heavy grind for this razor unfortunately. As I chased the bad weld back in search of solid steel, the grind got lighter, and lighter, and lighter. This all was making me very nervous because a) I have no proper tools for hollow grinds b) I have no experience doing hollow grinds, and c) by this point, I really just want to get at least one shave out of this thing!



So the dodgy weld got smaller, the blade got thinner, and I got more nervous. And this is where I stopped for the night.



Remember when I was aiming for a heavy grind? Looks like I'm heading for a completely unintentional kamisori grind on this guy. This is turning into a really strange razor... but it ain't dead yet!