Thread: Hello from Pisa!

First, welcome to the forum & I hope you hang out a bit.

For a first razor, I have to say that I am very impressed. That 1/4 wedge looks very nice indeed, grind looks smooth and even & your design is nice and clean. IT would look good in my collection...

Yes razors are quite different than knives & honing them is wayyyyy different. The typical ending point on sharpening a knife is the beginning on straight razors.

Neglected to say before. Nice Blade !
I see you have created a stabiliser now. One thing you might consider is how much belly is available for future honing. I see some makers leave very little room for error while other leave a lot ( pics below). From a honing perspective I like to see more than less as it prevents possible interference from the stabiliser on the stones. Im not a maker so take what I say with a grain of salt but I hone a few razors & often have to regrind the stabiliser area, tho moreso on older worn razors .

FWIW,....when you have a single concave grind on a blade a stabilizer is not necessary unless you make the blade very thin. The stabilizer is primarily for a bi-concave grind ( full hollow, half hollow). The purpose of the stabilizer is to prevent excessive flexing of a very thinly ground blade.

Originally Posted by onimaru55

Neglected to say before. Nice Blade !
I see you have created a stabiliser now. One thing you might consider is how much belly is available for future honing. I see some makers leave very little room for error while other leave a lot ( pics below). From a honing perspective I like to see more than less as it prevents possible interference from the stabiliser on the stones. Im not a maker so take what I say with a grain of salt but I hone a few razors & often have to regrind the stabiliser area, tho moreso on older worn razors .

Originally Posted by randydance062449

FWIW,....when you have a single concave grind on a blade a stabilizer is not necessary unless you make the blade very thin. The stabilizer is primarily for a bi-concave grind ( full hollow, half hollow). The purpose of the stabilizer is to prevent excessive flexing of a very thinly ground blade.

Ok, understood. Here is almost invisible, very very thin. I've measured and it starts from 3mm away from the edge. In the next I'll take care of this aspect.

Can anyone please tell me what thickness should the edge have before the first honong? Here I have 0,08mm but I don't know if it's enough.

Some more steps and some more pictures.

Looks nice, would like to know how it shaves...

It's beautiful
What is the width? Ratio of width to thickness of the spine (this should be 3.5:1)?
D2 is a bear to hone. It also has very large carbides and rather large grain, which is definitely a challenge for straight razor
Is your D2 pm?
Very curious to see how this shaves

Looks good.
Minor remark: if you are making pics, don't let the edge touch anything.
Resting a razor on its point is bad form.

cvlosvdo, Good work as for the beginner. Continue in the same direction.