Search:

2 Draco Nobilis razors in progress. The rough work is done. These are for a matching set. One is wootz, the other is damascus. The razors are almost exactly the same. There is only a little bit...

These are the ones I heat treated today. Top is a wootz razor. Unlike other wootz razors, I decided to take a risk and use clay to make a hamon in the wootz pattern. I dreaded hearing the 'ping' but...

Today was my birthday. I took the day off, and spent most of that in my forge.
I am fairly happy with my productivity.

I made 3 razors. You may notice that the 2 top ones look pretty lumpy....

Especially now that I am forging down wootz ingots instead of buying wootz bar stock. I have a project that needs doing and the guy who made the ingot also asked me if I could give him a review of it...

With the most pressing parts of the home renovation out of the way, I was finally able to dedicate an afternoon to get my forge up and running again. I didn't forge any razors today. I just forged...