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I have a fondness for the old American made razors, Genco, Case etc. So I thought I'd have a go at making a few Union Spike/Genco Wedge type blades. Did all the roughing out this afternoon on these 4 blades. Pin hole drilling and tang tapering to come.Attachment 325862
Looks good! Keep us posted.
Made up two more blades, tang tapering and pin holes drilled. Almost ready for HT just need some more clean up.Attachment 325897Attachment 325898
Update: Had a few busy days but today did the hardening of the blades. Steel is 52100 which had been normalized at 1625f for 1 hour after grinding. Hardening was 1525f quenched in oil. 400f temper for 1 hour x 2 should give a hardness of approximately 61HRc.
Love to see the finished product. Looks good so far! :tu
Did the grinding of the blade faces today. Aiming for an edge width of about 8-10 thou at this stage, the first side of the blade face is ground, checking against a square or straight edge to keep things true, then the second side of the blade is ground and the edge checked with a micrometer for even thickness. Primary grinding was done on a 120 grit ceramic belt, then a surface conditioning belt of 220 grit loaded with beeswax was used to clean up the scratches.
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Got some more work done today, took the blade faces all the way up to an A16 Trizact belt (approx 1200 grit) and ground the tangs to that same grit also before polishing with a cork belt loaded with grey stainless compound then a leather belt with green rouge. Tang shape was also refined a little more.
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Looking good! What will you do for scales?
I have some large sheets of acrylic but only in black, white and ivory. I've been thinking of ordering a green transparent sheet for a similar look to this:Quote:
Originally Posted by joamo
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What diameter wheel do you use for that type of grind? Just getting into the grinding side of things. Have done some knives, grinder died, new one on order from Ameribrade so I am looking to get the correct setup for razors as well.
For these razors I used a 6 inch diameter wheel. I have the Ameribrade Fastback machine with variable speed and reverse, it's a great machine with a lot of power. I have the following contact wheels: 10",6",4",3",2",1" (small wheel). I used one of the blanks to replicate the Korn Patent Hollow Grind using a combination of the smaller wheels, came out very nice but I dropped the razor accidentally and it cracked a third of the way in from the toe :(Quote:
Originally Posted by woodscavenger
Thanks for the info. I was trying to get a 4” but is seems most sites are out of stock. I will look into the 6”.
What is the Koran Patent Hollow grind?
I was able to find this about the grind.Quote:
Originally Posted by woodscavenger
https://sharprazorpalace.com/razors/...ied-grind.html
Just a small update, had another ongoing project so haven't worked on these razors this past week, got to a good stopping point with the blades however and will be moving on to the scales, will have new posts through next week.
Another update. I am waiting on some transparent green acrylic to make the scales. I was toying with just using some of the black, white or ivory acrylic I already have but I wanted to stay true to the aesthetic that many of the original razors these are based on had, with transparent scales. I should have the material by next week so this thread will be quiet until then but not forgotten! One more thing is I went and used cold blue on the tangs of the razors, similar to a few razors I have in my collection (Red Imp, Bowdins Concave) I think these will look great in the transparent scales.
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Looking good, transparent scales will look great on those.
Red scales (opaque), too. My long-gone Red Imp 132 (5/8) had a nicely blued tang, and sported their traditional red scales. A great look.Quote:
Originally Posted by joamo
That looks great. You need a makers mark on it!
I do have a touchstamp being made at the moment but it's more for older style razors.Quote:
Originally Posted by woodscavenger
Those look fantastic thp, do you ever sell any of them without scales, i may be interested in buying one without scales as i can make my own.
regards PinBall
Give me a PM with what you're looking for.Quote:
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