Originally Posted by
gssixgun
Don't take this wrong,, But you have designed what we refer to as an RSO (Razor Shaped Object)
You haven't given the Blade size yet, so the Spine thickness is irrelevant at this point in time, vintage razors were designed for a 16° - 17° angle.
The spine relation to the grind looks off, I think you might be creating a honing nightmare there...
I am not familiar to the steel you are using at all, so I have no idea as to it's honing or shaving abilities..
I can tell you that many of the custom guys have tried some of the "Super Steels" and learned the hard way that they don't make for good razors (The Forge sub Forum) Even reading your description tells me quite a bit about the difficulty of working the steel, which decreases my desire to ever hone it, and therefore my desire to shave it...
Your target hardness is REALLY high, your heel is designed in such a way as to interfer with honing, I also have serious doubts as to balance and overall weight, and this is really important for stropping...
The tang although cool looking, doesn't look to be conducive to good stropping, which brings us to the tail, it evolved into where it was as a stubbie, to a useful finger hold for a reason... Yours I am just confused with...
Pivot and action, are a part and function of the scale's flex, tang's angle, combined with the wedge, which in your sketch you don't even have, again this is something that should be obvious to any SR user.
This is just what I see from the sketch, all this should be very very obvious to any SR user, basically you seem to have the ability to make anything you want but "Form Must Follow Function" not the other way around...
My suggestion everytime somebody wants to make a custom razor, is to take one of the most popular designs out there from the past (W&B FBU, Filarmonica #14, DD, etc: etc: ) and try and copy it first, you will learn why the old farts did what they did.. You have to understand what a SR actually is, before you can make one that works...
Again please don't take it wrong, you asked I simply answered...