Thread: What are you working on?

Finally got around to getting a chip out of my W&B. It took a while, had to go 1k, 4k, 8k then my coti.
But I'm so happy to have it back in use. I got it from Maggard's and Brad did the restoration on it.
It's my first W&B so it is pretty special to me.
Now just to be very very careful with it

I got the James Barlow & Sons finished. I posted some more pictures in another thread

Nice razor, BeJay - and a heck of a save. You managed to get the crack out and make the end look good at the same time! Congrats!

Originally Posted by BeJay

I got the James Barlow & Sons finished.

You really turned that into a beauty!

My buddy had some replaceable cutter lathe tools that he could no longer find new cutters for. So I told him order new easy cutter bits and I'll re mill them to fit. So I have both the square and round cutter done.
I only have a pic of the round cutter. Extended the flat on the bottom for the tool rest and fit these new cutters. They were alot thinner and smaller as they are midi size. The minis would be super small!

Welcome to the forum Luke.
There is a dedicated thread in the workshop for forge and blade work.
Might try to ask in there about specific grinding and finish techniques.
Wish I could help, but I'm a restore guy, not a bladesmith.

Good luck.

Yep, B52 gives good advise.
You have stumbled-upon the 'hammer and screwdriver' crowd down here.

Originally Posted by LukeAugustini

Hey everyone. New member and a little late to this thread. But I’m currently working on my first few kamisori style razors. I don’t have many tools but I’m a tool sharpener and have access to a few good ones at work. Best tool I have for what I want is a tormek T8. I’ve been cutting out my blanks from 1075 with an angle grinder and cut off wheel, shaping them on a big bench grinder refining it with our little belt grinder, mark out a centre line on the edge then it’s to the tormek to profile it. I pretty much start in the centre of the blade on the omote side and i can give the omote a full hollow (very slight with the 10” grindstone) then I give the Ura an aggressive 1/2-3/4 hollow until i reach the centreline. Blah blah blah heat treat in my propane forge. Temper in a crappy oven. Touch up the omote and grind the Ura to zero (until I get a burr on the omote) here’s where I want some advice. I’m not getting straight edge. The centre always comes up first and the tip and heel are always a little thicker. When grinding it should I rock from heel to tip? Would that make it wavy and uneven? Thanks in advance and sorry for the rant!

Luke, one of our administrators, Bruno, is a blade smith extrodiner.
He does have a website of his own that is pretty much dedicated to bladesmithing.
It's called Wet Shavers Workshop. You might want to check it out.

Wet Shavers Workshop

Cheers,

Pete <:-}

Originally Posted by LukeAugustini

Hey everyone. New member and a little late to this thread. But I’m currently working on my first few kamisori style razors. I don’t have many tools but I’m a tool sharpener and have access to a few good ones at work. Best tool I have for what I want is a tormek T8. I’ve been cutting out my blanks from 1075 with an angle grinder and cut off wheel, shaping them on a big bench grinder refining it with our little belt grinder, mark out a centre line on the edge then it’s to the tormek to profile it. I pretty much start in the centre of the blade on the omote side and i can give the omote a full hollow (very slight with the 10” grindstone) then I give the Ura an aggressive 1/2-3/4 hollow until i reach the centreline. Blah blah blah heat treat in my propane forge. Temper in a crappy oven. Touch up the omote and grind the Ura to zero (until I get a burr on the omote) here’s where I want some advice. I’m not getting straight edge. The centre always comes up first and the tip and heel are always a little thicker. When grinding it should I rock from heel to tip? Would that make it wavy and uneven? Thanks in advance and sorry for the rant!

Here is where you want to post this. The Forge

I'm trying my hand and a few fits of unbridled rage at restoring my first razor. I picked this up and it was labeled as a Joseph Rodgers C1870. The blade came as is in the first photo. Scaleless and afraid. I went at it with some 80 grit greaseless compound and was irked to find that there was an exorbatent amount of pitting underneath. I've been at it for nearly three hours now. I was experimenting to see how the metal behaved under light pressure, firm pressure, rolling movements, see saw, etc... I was trying to save the shoulder and stamp but when I cut away little by little with the 80 grit it was revealed to have been worn away before I got to it. I see now that the compound leaves everything "softer". The edges, profile, notch, and blade face looks to have much softer features. I don't think I mind. Wait, where am I?