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Any word on how these are going?

Deckard:
Make sure to drill your pivot before you thin any more, it's going to be hard to get the hole straight once your tang is ground thin...

I'll try to get better pictures as I do my next blade, butthat might be a week or so away

as for pictures, open a free Photobucket account
and upload there, then post the img link in your reply

Before you start sanding use a sharpie to mark your center.
it's a good marker for when you're profiling your blade also... makes any waves easier to spot, and keeps you in the right area.

If you don't have a belt sander, get some 50 grit sand paper and a flat piece of wood and just hand sand the tang...
It isn't hard to do before your HT
and polish your blank to as close to your...

I'm hoping it will hold for a long time, I only did a single temper.
I may send my first two hand made razors out to members for evaluation, once I'm confident that they will hold an edge...
I...

I did what me book told me to, which was some "heat cycling"... I'll have to look back to be sure, but the piece I bought was quote unquote annealed and normalized, and I kept the temperature way...

I did my heat treat in a dark room, so it went quickly from dull red to bright red almost orange, but that is also where the magnet stopped sticking.
I have a small left over oiece of steel that I'm...

try to get some scraps of the steel you are using and practice HT on them...
It isn't impossible, and if you are just wanting to make a razor or two for your self, it's an economical way to do it......

okay now I'm jealous...

Talk to mike blue... I would offer, but I'm still experimenting, and my knowledge is far too inadequate as of yet.
Heat treating is not as mysterious as we might think, but getting consistent...

peanut oil works very good, as a fast quenchant...
I've tried it with 0-1, and had a good result so far, although I haven't gotten to shave with the razor yet...
no warpage though, and it cooled...

A straight backed generic square point design would serve all of us, we will have to grind it to profile anyway, we can grind our own tip just as easily...
however as long as the offer is out there,...

I want to learn to make my own razors...
this gives me a start I otherwise couldn't get SWMBO to approve.
Hopefully I will make a good enough impression on her and she won't have a cow when I put...

not as fancy as the CAD drawings, but here's some ideas for a generic 8/8 or 7/8
the box is the 1 x 6.5 space given...
These give plenty of room for customization, filework, etc......

I would be perfectly happy with 1095 in the measurements provided.
I'll try to do some simple drawings and get them up soon...
any drawings I provide are free for the group to use as they see fit.

The heat treat and grinding is not that hard, you just need to do some reading...
I'm doing heat treating with a $50 setup... and using a basic shop grinder......

I would definitely be interested.
I also have a piece of damascus on the way, would you consider cutting that?
I'm still learning, but I would be willing to share my limited experience on this...