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Thanks Mike, I was pretty surprised at how coarse the bar stock's grain was, interesting.

Looking back I should have tempered it and then gave it the 90 degree treatment, like an unofficial ABS...

The hamon is the result of differential heat treatment, it is the line where the martensite (hardened steel) microstructure stops and pearlite/cementite/ferrite (soft steel) take over. The process of...

You want new pics?

FINE!!!!!!!

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This is what happens when you've worked on a blade for too long and just when you think you've got the grind, geometry, profile and hamon exactly how you...

Soon!

I've been putting these razors to the test, to be sure they'll stand up to regular use and have been trying out various bevel angles to see which I like more. Pretty time consuming for the...

Yeah, you can't tell from the pic. I only know because I etched it before the bevel setting, otherwise I'd have thought the same thing.:(

On the other hand, I will probably use this blade as a...

Very similar to the traditional Japanese method, but I use a refractory mortar instead of actual clay.

No, you would get a straight line hamon with an edge quench, and probably less of the hazy...

The whole blade was at critical temperature and all of it got quenched, so the blade is fully hardened from heel to toe but I guess I was a little too crazy with the clay this time.

The hamon...

SWEET!!!!!

What are the dimensions on that spanish point model, seraphim?

You guys are great!

I just felt like experimenting with a fusion of various styles, glad to hear it worked out all right. :)

I'll be doing a few more style experiments as I go, we'll see if...

Thanks!

But I like Otto too much to replace him.

Did I mention the balance?



...:D

So this is the latest (and greatest?) JPN style razor to come out of my shop. It is a more modern interpretation of the minimalist styling with a very English grind.

Same stats as usual, but this...