Thread: Craig Barr Straight razor - Rolling review

Thanks! Thanks also for buying my razors! Thanks to everyone that is commenting on the razors, I am taking it all in and trying to incorporate what is being said into the razors. I can try to be artistic but my work usually is a bit more on the utilitarian side, and for me the heat treatment and figuring out different steels and blade design are what keep me interested.
Craig

A big warm welcome to SRP Craig. It is so good to see you here!

Very nice work indeed,Only thing I would like to see is to keep the tang dead flat where the jimps are instead of a rounded edge.
But thats just me

That makes since when I think about it, being flat along the jimps would give more grip on the edges. I will give it a try on my next razor. I have a w-2 blank that I forged this morning but then got side tracked. I have to finish annealing it when I get back at it.

[QUOTE=Deermountainforge;1449925]Thanks! Thanks also for buying my razors! Thanks to everyone that is commenting on the razors, I am taking it all in and trying to incorporate what is being said into the razors. I can try to be artistic but my work usually is a bit more on the utilitarian side, and for me the heat treatment and figuring out different steels and blade design are what keep me interested.

Craig
I'm glad you joined & that you are absorbing other comments in order to make a better razor. Keep up the great work!

If anyone is interested Deer Mountain forge face book page has plenty of photos of past work.
Craig

Perhaps I just got a bum forge. My Barr the sharpness seems to fall away over the course of a shave or two. It has been that way with the edge from Craig, a "honemaster" and myself. I can't get my mind around why it dulls so quickly.

It's a quality piece, but I am having trouble getting it to work for me.

Nice looking scales. Do you recall what steel I made it from? In my earlier razors I was using just about any steel , trying to learn what steels would work best. I can certainly send you one of my current razors as a replacement, if you like.
Craig

Originally Posted by Bud

Perhaps I just got a bum forge. My Barr the sharpness seems to fall away over the course of a shave or two. It has been that way with the edge from Craig, a "honemaster" and myself. I can't get my mind around why it dulls so quickly.

It's a quality piece, but I am having trouble getting it to work for me.

If you are using that 30K, I can answer your question quickly. VERY few razors can handle the fragile edge that stone imparts, less than 5%...most likely closer to 1-2%.

If it's a 8/8 and a 3/16 thick spine razor, the edge is too thin due to geometry. Keep in mind that the normal male whisker is like cutting through a pure copper wire the same thickness.

Originally Posted by Deermountainforge

Nice looking scales. Do you recall what steel I made it from? In my earlier razors I was using just about any steel , trying to learn what steels would work best. I can certainly send you one of my current razors as a replacement, if you like.
Craig

Craig, a very honest reply from a gentleman. 1060 steel sound right? I am going from memory, checking my records the purchase was about 6 to 7 months ago. I beleive it was a very early one, I seem to remember you talking about trying spring steel or wool steel? I seem to remember it was right before you did your first Damascus steel blade.

To be honest I set the razor on the side and left it a while. Because I could not say if it was me, the second "honemaster" ect. You and I can have a sidebar about what was tried.

As I could not with definition say why the edge fell away so easily I said nothing; I am not a kid and jump on forum bashing.

I would like to say on record I really like the blade, (weight shape, quality) and after seeing your ax videos you certainly know what you are doing.