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Well, here we are...

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I did have some really nice brown horn, but of course that cracked when I drilled it. So it ended up with black horn and a bone wedge.

Test shave results? The...

Oh yeah, for sure! Even if everyone who shows up brings a few busted blades you would have loads to work with. Great idea.

Yes. Yes it will. :tu

Have I mentioned my utter lack of experience with razor grinding? Well, this may be the wonkiest bevel I have ever put on a blade, but dammit most of it now has a really...

I'm thinking horn with a bone wedge. In large part because that's what I have to hand. :) I suppose I could melt down a bullet and go for a lead wedge... :hmmm: Although I'll take another look at the...

I have a feeling this one might not leave my hands until it's willed to someone! :)

Scarface lives...

:)

I'm finally done messing around with the grind, evening out the edge, sanding, sanding, more sanding, and etching (although TBH I may etch it a bit more tomorrow as the...

Yup. That's the frustrating thing as I did that too (the grinding clean), but something went a little sideways somewhere along the line. Somehow that bit just didn't take. If I had been smart about...

And this is where the decision to fold the billet came back to bite. About 2/3 of the way to the toe, you can see that there's a bad weld. It's on the side, and not right on the edge, so not a total...

I was really impressed with how well the steel welded. At least the first weld. My decision to fold it and double the layer count will come back to haunt me...

But the result was a nice solid...

The story of this little project has kind of been split between two threads up until now, so I figured it made sense to bring it together here.

Long story short, a question was asked a while...