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I do however know something about owning and using custom razors though. I've got a Buddel, a Zowada, 2 Williams, a Harner, a Livi, a Josh Earl and a Bill Coffey (it's in the post) and I would be...

Maxi,

I'm flattered, but you can't be serious.
1) I have to overcome my RAD affliction.
2) I need to speed up a lot.
3) There are much better guys out there making razors.

OK Scott will do.
Though I've only followed instructions from mentors on this site over past few years.

Places I've looked:
Stock removal - Bob Allman (great stuff)
Heat treatment - Chris...

Thanks fellas very much for all the encouragement and positive feed back.
It quite surprised me really but in a nice way.
I've just tried my best to do the best job I can with the tools I have and...

Here's photo's.
If I've missed anything let me know.
Just for the record, I have established a nice even bevel, but the polish removed any indication of it. Will hone razor soon.

Hi,
This razor (frame back) is finished all but honing.
Unfortunatley cannot up photos just yet, no camera:shrug:.
Is there anyone out there still interested in this thread?
If so I will post...

OK guys,
Have enjoyed this journey, but its unlikeley that I will post again til I have the finished article albeit a frameback. Work and domestic are preoccupations at the moment so god knows when...

Thanks Bob,
Appreciate the encouragement.
I'm only doing this for fun and don't have to make a living (fortunatley).
Have enjoyed the process imenseley and have learned stuff that you can only get...

Hmm,
To much exotic wood eh, nice problem to have.
I'll buy some from you or trade you some micarta.

Micarta is home made, first time I found out what micarta was I knew I had to try making some. A very messy process but fun.

Hi,
For those that still have some interest in this one, here's some photo's.
It's still a work in progress, I'm thinning the blade (time permiting) to get a serviceable bevel, it's gonna have a...

Charlie,
That tutorial and Boballman's stuff is what got me on this slippery slope to start with.
I held a belief prior to this that I couldn't make a razor without lots of tools and toys.
Now...

I have the blank ready as my next razor to start, maybe this week thanks.
The hardest lessons for me to learn seem to be the most important.
At least I have integrated this process into some...

Hi guys,
My razor is no more, however I have converted it to a frameback.
The steel was supposed to be BS 970 (1970/72) 060A86, Carbon 0.80-0.93%
Manganese 0.60-0.90%
which is equivelent to AISI...

Thanks Josh.
Steel is 1084 equivalent don't know exact spec but can find out, we generally don't tend to use 10XX steels in the UK but back of the stock packet shows composition close to 1084....

OK,
Heat treatment done, had a small time window as my young son was off the scene, I had to do this in my yard.
Forge worked great, got a good swirl around pipe and fired it verticaly as advised...

Thanks for feedback.
The 1/8" loss is a shame, but the blade is quite wide so should be able to reduce width to recover this and still end up with about 6/8 width in real terms.
I read somewhere we...

Thanks Randy for HT advice and kind comments.
You pretty much describe and confirm the process as I've go it in my head regarding normalising, though I didn't think to hang the blade and that's a...

Thanks for concern fellas, I'm only to aware of dangers of coatings especially zinc. As it happens the pipe is plain old stainless no coating, it's a component from my place of work ( I work in...

Built forge (near enough), what a mess SWMBO went balistic. Suffice to say wore a respirator, not to sure what refactory dust does to lungs. Chamber has good coating of ITC100 not shown in picture....

Thanks,
Didn't want it to look to delicate, I'm a sucker for spine work so couldn't resist, I realise it's not to everyones taste. That said I will mock my next design from hardboard and fit into...

For jimps, I started them off with junior hacksaw then used a small v section modelers file. When wide enough I chages to flat file to create the rectangular section. Putting them in individually I...

For Deler1um,

Here's plan views.

Thanks fellas so far for very positive feedback from such experienced members, it means a lot to me and very encouraging. For Deler1um will get a picture of profile up tonight SWMBO permitting. SWMBO...

Thanks Deler1um for blank, will pm you regarding cost and shipping. Will up a picture of side soon, my photography dosn't do it justice as a lot of detail is lost so may get a friend to take some...