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Hi guy’s I’m going to go through my heat treating process so you know exactly what I’m doing.

1. Normalizing I take the blade up to critical temp (until its no longer attracted to a magnet then...

The place I get my steel from recommends the following for tempering

Tempering:
150C (300F) Rockwell C62
200C (400F) Rockwell C60 - 61
232C (450F) Rockwell C58 - 59
290C (550F) Rockwell C56 -...

After tempering for 10min at 150c (350f) it should come out at around C62 but I've never sent a piece off to be tested so I'm not 100% on that, but it should be pretty close. I do use an off cut of...

Hi mgilndo,

I'm manly using 01 tool steel once its been heat treated and oil quenched three times it holds it's edge really, really well.
Up until the last one (the fixed blade) they've all been...

Thanks guys, Shooter they all shave really great even the big buggers although they can be a handful, they can be a little difficult to strop at first but once you've got the hang of that particular...

Thanks tintin,

I do have to sell them to buy materials and toys to make more of them (and continue my razor addiction), but I don't sell them here so we cant talk about sales the the mods have...

Evening all,

This is my fist crack at a hollow ground razor, it’s nearly 10/8” fixed blade with a natural horn blade guard fixed with pewter wedges and brass pins.
And it shaves as good as it...