Is it beveled on left, right, or both sides? By the way...you stumped me &a i had to look it up
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Is it beveled on left, right, or both sides? By the way...you stumped me &a i had to look it up
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I breadknifed on a Norton lapping stone to get the chips out. Then Norton 220, then 1K, then lapping film up to .03u. Finally, CrOx and FrOx on balsa, then strop. A great shave this morning!
I think it's the camera angle. The edge is flat.
Started with the frame for my beltgrinder this evening. Just me, a piece of steel and a hacksaw ;)
This is the result with all loose parts for now.
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2014-01-11 21.33.50 by Remco van de Sanden, on Flickr
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Strong there will be a device. The wheel will need to be pierced on the lathe. I use just the same wheel.
Just finished some custom scales for a friend. I did not pin the razor yet because he wants to buff it a little first.
Made from ivory paper micarta, wedge is buffalo horn, nickel-silver pin.
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Had a few moments today to work on my beltgrinder. Made the tracking arm/mechanism. Still need to weld/clean it up, but it works like a charm :)
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2014-01-18 16.54.39 by Remco van de Sanden, on Flickr
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Finished up the scales and wedge on my first restore (FR Reynolds) last night and as I was peening the wedge end, the recon stone cracked! I was frustrated and now I am switching from a recon stone wedge to a maroon micarta instead.
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Prepping to re-saw a 35 lb pce of real Lignum vitae.
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Will be watching for your "new creations"...
I am making my first straight! Here it is after tempering it. It will be an 8/8 wedge and I am grinding it from O-1 steel. For heat-treating, I left the edge about the thickness of a little less than a dime, so I have a fair amount of grinding still to go. I will post some more pics as I progress.
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Here is an updated picture of where I am at with making my first straight. I have been refining the grind and checking how the bevel will look as I near the end of grinding. I am pleased with the progress so far. I am still not sure whether I want to do wood or Micarta scales.Attachment 153527
Top to bottom:
Pawpaw's red injun 101 mis-stamp(stamped rp but is a square point)
Geo. wostenholm pipe razor in Bolivian rosewood
Wade and butcher "the George Washington razor"
Bowding's concave razor
Left to right:
Wm greaves and sons near wedge
Geo. wostenholm and sons IXL faux frame back
Wade and butcher "celebrated hollow ground razor"
Wade and butcher 5/8
Boker red injun 101 flat toe profile
Boker red injun 101 diamond toe profile
I am going to be busy for the next two months.......
Today's produce:
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The knives are for my daughters (6 and 8). It's niolox steel which in my opinion behaves like stainless 52100. It's an absolute bitch to sand. The handles are acrylic, epoxied into place.I also pinned them. It looks good, and if the epoxy ever loosens I can still pin the handles. I only attached the handles today. The razors were made from scratch and heat treated. Now they need grinding and fine shaping.
Razors are looking good Bruno. What steel is it?
Ok, latest small update:
Had to cut of the motorbracket. Wasn't straight enough for my liking. Welded the rest of the frame and the contactwheel arm plus tracking arm. Put in the axle for the contactwheel, mounted the spring for the tracking mechanism.
Now Im waiting for a reply from the UK were I have to get my drive wheel from. And then it's just the electronics left, and some mounting holes to fasten on my workbench, plus a nice paintjob :)
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2014-01-25 22.16.10 by Remco van de Sanden, on Flickr
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Here is an update of the progress on my first straight that I have been making. Got the scales done and pinned the wedge. Still got to do some finish work on the blade and pin the blade into the handle and then I am going to ship it off to Doc226 for a proper honing.
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Now that is looking like a serious razor. Looks great. How big is it and what wood are you using?
The bade is 3" long and it should measure 8/8. I am pretty sure this razor's size I will have to grow into as my shaving skills increase. As for the wood, I can't remember the name, it has a reddish purple tone and I have it from an assortment of wood that I have used for knife handles over the past few years. Thanks for compliments, I hope it shaves well in the end.
My progress on my 2x72 NWGS. Should get the rest of the parts in Tuesday. Waiting for my motor, VFD, contact wheels, as well as drive and tracking wheels.... Now to wire up a 220V breaker and outlet while I'm waiting. ..
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Getting ready to turn some Ebony for a furnture project,Total Fail:(
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Currently got 3 projects on the go...
1. A Kropp razor which needs scales made as the originals were awful.
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2. A ERN Solingen - Dont want to lose the gold.
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3. A Puma Special 89 - Need to clean the blade without losing the detail.
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Trying my first one piece scales, as well as my first try at a CA finish.
Broke Duck:
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Mini Duck:
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I am 1/2 considering making the scales shorter and transferring the inlays.
Of course in Ebony...
First four from the left/top are out of O-1 tool steel.
First knife is a new handle material from Janz knife supply, it's corncob. I'm keeping this one.
Second is handled in desert ironwood.
Two razors, still need to final grind them.
Last is a problem I am dealing with, I have access to a lot of railroad car springs and it's just not working out for me dang it...steel is falling apart, literally.
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The knives look nice, though a bit too bulky imo.
Btw, you might want to make a small cut between the edge and the shoulder. Otherwise once you start honing it you'll always have a part near the shoulder that never touches the stone correctly.
Ya, I usually use a small round file before HT, now I will have to break out the dremel. You would have thought I would have learned/remembered that by now. Believe it or not, those big blades sell here in the US better than the small more useful ones. Folks are wearing them as a fashion accessory believe it or not.
Absolutly untrue Bruno.
when it is structualy sound (the above pce was not) it is one of the finest woods in the world.
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