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Hey guys, it has been a long time. Much has changed for me but I'm still using that same razor. We have moved further north and it took me a couple of years to get the shop set back up. I know that...

I went back to the 4k, made a slurry and re-honed through 8k. Since then I have gotten two very good shaves in a row (stropping as well of coarse). The shaves were as good as if I had used my...

The surfaces are really smooth now. The 8000 has a really nice "buttery" feel to it when honing. Both sides were pretty flat out of the box, but were not smooth. You are correct that the 4000 needed...

So I remembered that I have a Smith's "Fine" grit diamond hone. After checking out their web site, it looks to be 750 grit. While that's not 1k, it is a whole lot closer to it than 325. So I took the...

That sounds like good advice on the 1k hone. What is the recommended 1k (Norton, DMT, etc...)? I think that I will still try another shave with it since I did work on it some more after the last...

Well the diamond hone, Norton 4000/8000 stone and strop all showed up. I was able to easily flatten the Norton stones with the DMT. Then I used the DMT to reset the bevel on the razor. Wow does that...

Well I just ordered an 8 inch coarse DMT hone, a Norton 4000/8000 stone and an Illinois #827 strop. I was wanting to get a 12,000 grit hone as well but didn't have the funds for it at the moment....

Thanks. I may just buy one anyways. I already have two razors that need honed and I imagine that there will be more. Also thanks to everyone for all your help. It was most appreciated. I did learn a...

Well here it is. I just finished it today. Instead of scales, I chose to carve the handle out of one piece of cocobolo. The the bevel was set with a medium diamond hone and then a natural hone of...

Thanks, it has a bit if a smile to it that matches the spine of the blade.

Thanks. I believe that the wood is Bocote also known as Cordia. I purchased some a few years ago for knife handles and found that it turns really well on a lathe.

Wow, holy cow... This last week has been overwhelming. Besides the worst fires in Washington State's history and everything going nuts at work, we had a horrible storm. 70 mile an hour winds and...

I wish that i had read this a few minutes earlier. :gaah:

Well I fired up the forge and was able to harden the blade. My wife wasn't too happy with me using the forge considering all the wild fires in Washington State right now, but I'm happy to say that...

Well, I got the "forge" lined with fire bricks. It took a trip to my Dad's house. We had dig though all my old stuff from when I was forging knives in his back yard as a kid. Also, I was able to get...

I fell off the face of the earth too. However I only need to get air flow under control before I'm ready to heat treat. I've had a few "flare ups" in the past but have never had something...

My $4 quench set up.

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After the last bit of grinding, I took some calipers to it to make sure I still had the correct ratios. Width of the spine varies from .21 inches to .22 inches except for where the taper starts. From...

Well I ground off some more near the spine. I don't think I dare go any more before I heat treat it. In preparation for heat treating I changed the pulleys on my belt grinder to slow it down. I need...

I left the back thick for two reasons; first is that it would thin when I finish grinding post-heat treat. The second was that I wanted to round the spine. I agree with you on the heel. How does it...

These things are hard to photograph. After whittling down my honey-do list, I was able to get in some grinding time. The tang is tapered and the edge is ground to the scribe lines. As I look at it, I...

Very interesting. Thanks for sharing.

Let me know where you post them. I'd love to see it.

Thanks, that's very helpful. I will start grinding then as soon as I get my "honey-do" list worked down a bit.

Thank you. I guess I wasn't just asking for the measurements to copy, but for the theory or reason behind the taper. I know it's to keep it from touching the hone, but I was looking for a bit more...