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04-08-2010, 08:29 PM #1
If you go to the forum index and the Workshop and Forge forums I expect there is quite a bit of material in there. I know Mike Ratliff posted a thread on one he has been working on recently. A lot of the pros post in there as well.
Be careful how you treat people on your way up, you may meet them again on your way back down.
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04-08-2010, 08:35 PM #2
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Thanked: 1yea i guess i am being abitious. i work with metal all the time making brackets and stuff for motorcycles, but as far as making something with the metal to use as a tool itself, im as newbish as they come. i really don't have any idea where a good place to start would be.
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04-08-2010, 08:38 PM #3
I'm going to move this to the Forge forum, where it may get more attention... I think doing plenty of reading there will be very useful as well.
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04-09-2010, 01:13 AM #4
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Thanked: 1936There are quite a few skills envolved. I'm totally wet behind the ears, but lurk here a lot. There are some real pros that hang out here and drop in from time to time. Personally I shaped a razor (I think this would be a starting point for most) & sent it out for heat treat and now have it ready for scales & then honing. The steal used was 1095. You can see the blade (it pretty much looks like that now) on the thread : Scott's making a razor. I'll post some updates when I get to make it back out to the shop. Read & read, you will learn who the pro's are. I want to start another one real bad, but have to take this one to the end...so patience is something you will need as well. I can't tell you how dang proud of that razor I am and don't even know if it will shave at all...but then again I do. I followed the pro's recomendations & a pro heat treated it. The dummy is the one that is proud of a chunk of steel that needs scales and honed (I know I can do that at least!).
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Thank you and God Bless, Scott
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04-09-2010, 05:29 AM #5
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Thanked: 2204Take a piece of steel 1/4" thick x1" wide and 7" long
use 1084,1095 or O1 steel
anneal the steel
draw a patten of the razor on the steel
drill the pivot pin hole in the tang
cut/grind/ sand away anything that does not resemble a razor
taper the tang & polish
hollow grind the blade till the edge is 1/16 - 1/8 thick
polish the spine
normalize,heat treat & temper the razor
finish grinding/sanding/polishing the blade
make the scales & attach
hone the razor
Thats it!Last edited by randydance062449; 04-09-2010 at 05:34 AM.
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04-09-2010, 09:28 AM #6
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04-09-2010, 09:47 AM #7
You make it sound so easy Randy!
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04-09-2010, 12:16 PM #8
This is my all-time favorite knife/razor-making saying. A close second is: "Knifemakers don't make mistakes--they make smaller knives."
I think Randy just about captured it here, except maybe for the cussing if you drop a 1650-degree blade, point first, onto concrete while normalizing. That's one way to make an 8/8 into a 6/8.
Josh
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04-09-2010, 05:59 PM #9
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Thanked: 2204