Thread: Custom razors

Originally Posted by tcrideshd

By the way Victor is watching with popcorn,, hey Victor do you use a water cooled grinder?

I personally do not use water directly on the belts [I think that about everyone has a dip bucket] . I think water cooling is more important for the double wheel grinders where heat buildup is more of a problem. It's not like a drip or spray system is hard or expensive to set up. OCD razors used a drip system. Thin razors do heat faster, but the thinness also means that you have to keep the pressure light to avoid deflection. Light pressure = low heat. With single wheel grinders heat buildup is sensed way before your getting anywhere near tempering temperatures of around 400F. Everyone that I know grinds bare hands with the fingertips directly behind the pressure point of the grinding. Heat control is just one of the skills of hand grinding. I don't think that it would be possible for a skilled grinder person, on a single wheel grinder, to ruin the temper of a blade without knowing that he or she did it.