Thread: new member

Hi all,


I'm a new member here who needs a bit of a hand.

I've collected a few razors over the last 30 years but been too scared to use them.

I recently(2 weeks ago) decided to start using one come hell or high water.

My razors are in storage at my dads house so I decided to make one from on old file.
I am currantly using a DOVO straight razor that takes split double sided blades.
Once I started using this razor I started having alot more success shaving with more of my face remaining where it should-no additional cuts
with the commercial blades!!!!

It was dry ground in its hardened state without much heat build up(didn't have anything to anneal it in at this time)
I must have ruined the temper as it wouldn't hold an edge at all so I built a small furnace and annealed it,did some more grinding
and then clay edge hardened it.
Dont know what temperature but it was a bright red/orange colour and was tested with a magnet before quenching.

A little bit of a clean up and touch up on the edge with VERY fine natural stones.
Shaves arm hair very well but not good enough for the face.

please checkout the poor photos for blade geometry for comments and advice on where I went wrong.

Cheers John