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In case y'all only look at the Forge, I finished the Frenchy's brother last night and shave tested it:
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My brother taking it for a test drive:
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He'd never shaved with a custom razor before and loved the feel of it. The french point did get him, but only a little bit:)

Thanks for the offer shooter. I don't think the HT was blown, it just has an ugly hone job on it right now. The shave is uncomfortable. I think I need to reset the bevel on the stupid thing, but just...

Well, if you get one thing right, better make sure it's the HT! With so thin a blade and so perfect an edge, if you mess it up you'll definitely find out, likely before you ever get an edge on it.
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Thanks Davor!

I heat treat O1 as follows:
Normalize (stress relief): bring up to 1250 (F) slowly, cool to black
Hardening: bring up to 1475 (F) and hold for 10 mins, quench in a medium speed oil...

Well, I snapped the tail off the original Frenchy trying to straighten it. I made another one though, same design. This one 13/16 out of O1 in Osage Orange scales. I took it up to 600 grit on the...

Thanks Adam. I guess it's easier to send out a sub-par blade than remake the whole thing! I cooked with the micarta one last night and it performed really well. I'm loving the handle design on these;...

Had a productive Saturday. I put an edge on both the choppers and commenced to strength test them. I chopped through a few branches with zero visible edge wear and still able to shave hair.
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Thanks! This is my second attempt at a razor. My first one ran into a couple of problems. Although I do think I could get it shaving, you just gotta know when to walk away sometimes.

Knives, on...

Meant to say that the choppers finished tempering (2 times for 2 hours at 425) and that I got the scale off one of them.
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They're both going to have a single mosaic pin when they're done.

Razor from the front. Maybe 1/4 hollow.
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Chopper from front. You can see the distal taper pretty well.
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Here's the business side of it. It's got a nice roll to it.
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Finished rough grinding to 220. Then did the initial HT. Man, I love O1! Couldn't be simpler!
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I know the pivot hole looks big and that's because it is! Pixel said that he could only abide...

Yeah, that spike'll get ya! I may dull it a bit, but it's far from finished.

Glad you like the shape of the knives. It's a slight swayback with a drop point, which makes it easy to roll the blade...

I got two 8" choppers rough ground and HT'ed and in the oven for tempering and needed something to do. Here are the choppers:

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Here's what I started:

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After talking to...