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I have one cheap belt grinder. Rpms not sure. Pretty high I am sure

ok, my 3 straights are back from heat treat . ready to grind . issue . I have a sears wet dry grinder that i could use that was recomended by a friend but it seems it will take forever to get the...

Thanks. I appreciate that

158973here she is flipped

158972seems I can't see the other pics. Hopefully this can be seen

158920added some texture

158919Ok. Added some texture. Strops really nice.

Or does the slope need to be more gradual?

158835better?

Hmm mm I will have to look at some online to understand what you are saying

158832 Ok maybe now I got all of this out of my system and I am ready for heat treatment. New Japanese style razor, razor also. I could not resist

156836here is some progress on one of my straights. Tapered the tang. Comphy in the hand. Almost ready for heat treatment

156239here is the pivot hole

156170Well I am tempted to make it into a smiling razor. Thoughts? Other than that just some more light sanding then heat treat

Narrowed the end of the scales. Feels good in the hand

The scales are not attached to each other. The feel is bulky. I need to narrow the tail

155816[ well long way to go. Still need heat treat. But had to see how scales might look /ATTACH][ATTACH]155817

Tried knocking up some scales today. And looks like it will be a dual process. Also got to get together with Mike nephew who has a torch and we bent some metal around. It was fun

Funny. I wish it was mine

Copy that.

Center? From spine to edge?

155087that's good advice. I marked center of the edge before hollow grinding. edge is now a little more on one side that the other. Thus , when I grind after heat treat I will have to keep that in...

thanks, did most of the grinding on the belt sander. borrowed a micrometer for after heat treatment to get the thickness right on the edge. now on to sanding a bunch by hand , and drilling pivot hole.

155076 I must say. This is a fun process

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