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First attempt at razors - WIP
Hi there.
I had been looking around when I stumbled into Tim Zowadas' damascus straight razors (Zowada Gallery)
Especially this one
I decided to make my own, of couse, in damascus steel. At the annual knife competition in the Danish Knife Guild, the "special topic class" is folders... And a Straight Razor is a knife that folds:rofl2:
I decided that it would be a good idea to start with a piece of single-steel and wait with the damascus for later, for more experience. So I simply went to the forge and started hammering. I annealed the finished blade and started grinding.
At first, I own a large belt grinder, contact wheel approximately 8", that's 20,1 cm. I needed a jig to fix the blade to, when grinding. I cut it from an old piece of angle iron and shaped it a little.
http://i613.photobucket.com/albums/t...g/IMG_4398.jpg
This is how the blade is supposed to sit on the jig.
http://i613.photobucket.com/albums/t...g/IMG_4400.jpg
Blade clamped to the jig, facing the wrong direction, just for the fans :D
http://i613.photobucket.com/albums/t...g/IMG_4406.jpg
Then started grinding (I usually uses two hands :rolleyes: Blame it on the camera)
http://i613.photobucket.com/albums/t...g/IMG_4408.jpg