Thread: custom straight razor

Hello all,

I thought I would post this here just to let you guys see what I’ve been up to, I’ve been restoring vintage straights for about a year now, and loving every one I’ve done. But I like big blades and I’ve always been disappointed I can’t get a good supply, so I decided to start making my own. This is what the first one came out like, it was 12/8” at its widest point but as it was a little less than 4mm across the spine it was surprisingly light and was a really nice shave.

So now I've started on my next two custom builds I thought I’d show them here and see what you guys think, the next one will be a 10/8” wedge (a homage to my favourite W&B barbers wedge) made out of O1 tool steel.

I had a chance to get it heat treated today and as everybody was busy in my house and had no need for me I cracked on with the final grinding and got a surprising amount done, a bit more grinding and I’ll start polishing him up ready for a nice set of honey coloured horn scales next week.

I'm looking forward to hearing your opinions on these.

Drew