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Very nice work! I had thought about trying a something similar-ish next time I'm doing one.

The ones that I've done so far have a balance point right at the beginning of the handle, so when honing...

Yep. Into something I will use as opposed to something I won’t. Would’ve been a bit sad to have a nice old Tam sitting completely unused just cos it was a weird shape. (I only have one stone that I...

Ha! Yes sorry, I’ll explain this more fully...

I got the Tam pruning shear thing in the job lot pictured above. But alas I am no topiarist, so I wondered for a while what the feck I should do with...

Yep indeed - very light, but quite long, and that pulls balance back loads. It is surprising how much difference the balance point makes I think. Though I’ve never tried shaving with a unhandled...

Ah no... stone only goes in about 1cm, just a bit further than the sliver of Red Mallee at the end. Tams of any shape don’t seem to get much longer than that I don’t think...

I can start with a couple advantages that hinged handles have, which no one’s pointed out. One is (or was) significant, the other I’m not so sure about yet...

1.) A hinged handle that moves almost...

Certainly good points, though perhaps I haven’t made all this clear (I did try, but a few people seem to have jumped to quite a lot of assumptions)...

I know how to, and do, remove scales without...

It's quite cool isn't it... I can't detect much noticeable difference in terms of 'grit' level, how it acts &c. but sure does look pretty!

I'll have a search on the forum to find those pics of the...

I'm fairly certain it's a Tam, but I don't have a WOA so can't compare, though I did get it from someone who has a lot of expertise in terms of UK stones. And it certainly acts fairly similar to my...

How'd you mean?

I'm not actually trying to hone a razor as you would a knife. I hone a razor as you hone a razor, and knives like knives. Neither are desperately complicated, but they are completely different.

Indeed... many options in the cat-skinning game!

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I actually make custom (knife) handles and sharpen stuff for a living so: a.) I probably spend far too much time, all day every day,...

So, and I concede this may betray a complete misunderstanding of how others do it, but... when I hone one of my hinged razors I hold it like this:

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Handle as you say is at 180, and my...

Ah, but the idea is more that it's a considerable improvement for honing, while not actually making a difference in use because your hand is an infinitely more complex and adaptable piece of...

Before we get to the end result, first a note on the handle style...

When I first made a fixed handle for a razor, the shape was what's called a 'Stadium Oval' - basically an oval with straight...

When I got my first razor the person I got it from also included another old one for me to have a go at restoring. And I don't really have the wherewithal or wookworking ability to start making...

Thought I'd post some pics of a little razor I picked up recently in an antiques shop, with some thoughts about what I sometimes like to do with handles and why. Here's my razor:

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Cracked...