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She turned out perfect Otto. I'm sure she's so beautiful because I gave her a light buffing in her infancy :w

So what kind of razor work can you accomplish while watching the pre-game show? Hand sanding, then a little more hand sanding. OMG, this has to be the worst part of razor making!
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Grinding is an incredibly exciting part of razor making. You're watching your creation actually start to look like a real razor. It's also incredibly intimidating because you know you're just a...

Before I awoke Sunday morning, Bob took the razors off of the dry ice and gave them another 1 hour soak in 100 degree peanut oil.
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My understanding of forging and tempering steel (anyone who knows what they're talking about, feel free to chime in at this point:)):

During forging, carbon atoms move into the lattice of the...

You'll notice this set of images aren't the best quality and are of different razors. Bob says the blades have to go from forge to oil in 1 second or the razor's history. It took photographing the...

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Saturday: Here I'm using a checker file to add jimps.

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Saturday: Beveling the tang slightly to make it easier for the razor to open and close. It's harder than you'd think to keep it...

Finally I have a little time to post photos of the awesome weekend I spent with Bob Allman making two razors. Warning - this thread will be photo-heavy! I apologize in advance for the poor quality...