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Hey Gentlemen,
Has anyone heard of this company or had any experience with any of their razors? They make some really nice looking customs but I wasn't too sure if their blades are that good of quality or not. The link to their site is below, thnx.
RockBlade Knives from our hands to your .... - About RockBlade
No but it seems they know what they are talking about and some decent blades in the gallery.
Maybe I'm missing something, but I don't see any mention of razors anywhere on their site.
I think itīs the same guys that used/use to sell on Ebay aswell and if so the damascus steel razors arenīt good, from what I heard (I have no own experience).
I've found one razor on their website(#273 in Gallery).
But to make good knives, doesn't mean to make good razors. It's not the same.
I've just had a look, they are based in the UK, and yet they will not sell to UK customers?
:shrug:
I dont get it!
I too looked though the pictures quickly and didn't notice any straights at first.
Manah obviously had a better look and found this one:
http://www.rockblade.co.uk/photo0303...1289135274.jpg
The man on the right who does the intro say's to click on him to find out more... This links to ebay where there are 3 listed (very cheaply). Wonder how they would shave??
They have an interesting decription of their product:
The long tradition of high class Damascus knives continues with the new edition of straight razors. At the same time, RockBlade is setting a new technical standard. Thus far, almost no one has dared to produce a Damascus straight razor with more than 180 layers. In the standard forging process, there is a great risk that different layers of steel are exposed at the very fine edge of the blade, thus creating a "micro saw" on the cutting edge. Our Damascus forgers have solved this problem and are forging the RockBlades Damascus blades with more than 300 layers of high quality carbon steels. The blade steel guarantees a very high hardness without the danger of chipping. This piece is a must-have for any collector.
http://i.ebayimg.com/18/!CEpZjKwBmk~...TE5w~~0_12.JPG
CUSTOM HAND MADE DAMASCUS STEEL STRAIGHT RAZOR / KNIFE - eBay (item 160540908174 end time Feb-07-11 17:23:26 PST)
http://i.ebayimg.com/23/!CEp2q8gBGk~...7G2w~~0_12.JPG
CUSTOM HAND MADE DAMASCUS STEEL STRAIGHT RAZOR / KNIFE - eBay (item 160540940739 end time Feb-07-11 19:06:30 PST)
http://i.ebayimg.com/08/!CEp6yM!CGk~...vwsQ~~0_12.JPG
CUSTOM HAND MADE DAMASCUS STEEL STRAIGHT RAZOR / KNIFE - eBay (item 160540945643 end time Feb-07-11 19:23:58 PST)
Interesting disclaimer on their eBay ads
Note: Some of our Straight Razors may not be good enough to do the Shave :confused:
If you're serious email them & ask where the razors are made. They look no different to the other Pakistani made damascus razors on eBay
Os,
Very funny disclaimer.:rofl2:Quote:
Interesting disclaimer
I love the look of damascus steel, but all that I read leads me to believe it's not suitable for razors. Not long ago I saw a custom one one the web, step by step kinda thing, and the solution was to weld a strip of steel to make the shaving edge. Can't for the life of me remember where, and didn't bookmark it.
And that disclaimer would keep me from buying them even if I could afford them. Something not right about making a razor that may not shave and selling it anyway. I'm just saying.
Some of the knifes were very pretty, though.
They can get away with it since they call it a Razor/Knife :deal: lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Snake
If you get the chance to shave with a damascus Zowada you'll change your mind.Quote:
Originally Posted by Snake
Thanks for all the input......yeah the "cheese factor" within their website and the funky disclaimer are telling me to spend my money elsewhere. The gun/knife shows comes into town in a few weeks so maybe I will find some goodies there. Always hit or miss at those things! Besides, razors are identicals to firearms in the sense that....you can never have too many!
If it's not good enough to shave with, then why bother?Quote:
Originally Posted by onimaru55
To quote a great American...Quote:
Originally Posted by Catrentshaving
Them, my friend, are weasel words!
For some reason I think most will know who is attributed this quote.
I've seen the Zowada blades, and they are all beautiful, if I could I'd have a dozen of them just to hold them. Probably never will, though... that "if you have to ask the price..." thing. They look as expensive as they look beautiful. Since you seem to have hands on experience I have to defer to your assessment, and stand corrected.Quote:
Originally Posted by onimaru55
I have to admit that I never shaved with a damascus blade. I never meant to give the impression that I did.
When I looked for and read about damascus razors, most of the literature I found indicated that it's not the greatest blade for reasons that all here probably know. I read a few articles that said they were fine, and even found some damascus blades that don't look variegated (!?!?). Yet the vast majority of the articles, including that of the one builder that welded regular steel to the damascus blank for the edge, indicated the material is not best suited for this.
Being the uber noob, I have to assume that it's an chancey proposition at best to get such a blade, and this position is reinforced by at least some manufacturers indicating that their damascus steel razors may be unsuitable for (gasp) shaving.
No disrespect ever intended to damascus blades, their makers or their owners.
And look where this comes from.
Thus far, almost no one has dared to produce a Damascus straight razor with more than 180 layers. In the standard forging process, there is a great risk that different layers of steel are exposed at the very fine edge of the blade, thus creating a "micro saw" on the cutting edge. Our Damascus forgers have solved this problem and are forging the Boker Damascus blades with more than 300 layers of high quality carbon steels. The layers in the center are paralelled for a precisely built cutting edge, which gives a perfect shaving result.
Straight from the Boker website.
Boker offers Straight razor Boker Damascus Buffalo Straight Razor.
I bought two recently. One almost identical to the first picture and one similar to the second picture. Neither one is anywhere near shave ready, although the second will cut 'some' hair off my arm. I haven't tried, but I'm sure the first will cut steak if I press hard enough.Quote:
Originally Posted by nzFuzzy
I haven't tried honing them yet so I don't know if they will result in a fine edge or in a 'micro-saw'.
The second one seems reasonably well put together: pinning clean, not too tight, blade centered nicely when closed, although the wedge isn't. It is the same thickness from end to end and side to side.
The first one is going to take some work. I am sure the ad said bone (or antler) scales, but it certainly looks and feels like antler textured plastic. The wedge (again - not a wedge) pivots on the single offset pin and the overhang on the blade hits it. While the blade doesn't come right through the scales, it does seat between them so tightly I need both hands to open it. When open, the blade swings quite freely on it's pivot. What I thought was a third pin to prevent the blade falling through the scales, exposing the cutting edge when closed, is a cheap glass jewel.
I do like the blade profile. If it does take a shaving edge I may try to find some real antler to rescale it (I have some from the handle of the lone fork from some carving set. It is about 1/2" too short.) The one similar to the second picture has a radiused end, but with flats cut across the top and bottom of the radius. I may learn to like that, or grind them out to return the end to a single radius rounded end.
They both came with nice leather sheaths/pouches.