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Due to the other work I have been doing around the house, I didn't get much time in between to update (or do anything else) but last week I shifted gears because I wanted to have something to show...

The heat treatment was done. In order to gain as much knowledge as I could, I did heat treatment, grinding, and setting the initial bevel together with another wootz razor, with wootz by Evrahim...

Today I did some hollow grinding. This is the first time I tried my hand at grinding Pendray steel. I briefly considered making a jig, but I decided I couldn't be bothered to. I always grind...

A rough outline was ground* and the blank cleaned up lightly. I showed the rubies but sadly the color didn't capture properly with the flash. They're more like blood and definitely not orange. The...

With my new forge operating properly, I finally forged the Pendray wootz for this razor. Since there is only a little bit left, I decided to take pics of the pieces and how I allocate them. That way...

In normal circumstances I don't bother with templates, but since I only have a couple of pieces of Pendray steel, I figured I'd make a template in tool steel that I can use to fit the wootz blank...

This one will get a thread of it's own as well.

This is going to be an Alfred Pendray wootz razor for Michael, who also got my Mr. Clock and Mr. Pink fixed handle razor set. Originally we were...