Thread: holy ebony cleaver batman!

I recently did a bunch of work for suzuki, and one of the razors happened to be a really nice Joseph Rodgers wedge. After I brought that baby up to a shiny near mirror polish, they went into some nice striped ebony scales, and the result...

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I was originally thinking of going with 3-pin, but, as it was functionally unnecessary, I left it out so it didn't interupt the flow of the stripes in the ebony. The features of the striped ebony unfortunently don't come through well with a camera, but I can say for certain that this one has quite abit of character. The blade I also honed entirely with a taped spine to keep the nice mirror polish of the blade without hone wear mucking it up.

Jason,

Beautiful work, as usual. Quick question: it looks like the sand marks run parallel to the spine instead of perpendicular, like grind marks. Is this just an artifact of the photo, or do you sometimes finish blades this way?

I'd always thought the ideal was to sand perpendicular to the blade; going parallel would make things easier in some regards.

Thanks,
Josh

Really like that handle pattern!!

Lynn

Jason is such a tease!! Everytime something is finished for someone else the one he'll do for me comes closer!

In addition to being a looker, it shaves great too!

Not bad for a blade I got for $10 (including shipping from the UK)!

I can't speak highly enough about the quality of ToxIk's work - he cleaned up a few other razors for me as well and did a great job on all of them.

Looks Great!! Love the scales

Thanks guys, I'm always happy knowing my work can be appriciated

Originally Posted by JoshEarl

Jason,

Beautiful work, as usual. Quick question: it looks like the sand marks run parallel to the spine instead of perpendicular, like grind marks. Is this just an artifact of the photo, or do you sometimes finish blades this way?

I'd always thought the ideal was to sand perpendicular to the blade; going parallel would make things easier in some regards.

Thanks,
Josh

I always sand perpendicular to the edge of the blade. The streaks on this blade that are parallel to the edge are probably from the fact that I used the polish parallel to the edge of the blade. The streaks are also probably from some of the oils from my finger prints as well, as I wiped the blade down parallel but not all of it was removed. I try to do everything perpendicular to the edge of the blade now though.

Yep, this one, and the others Jason did, are great!

Interesting - how are perpendicular and parallel different? - Like Pros and Cons (I think I have an idea, but would like to hear your reasoning)

Thanks
Ivo

Originally Posted by izlat

...Interesting - how are perpendicular and parallel different? - Like Pros and Cons (I think I have an idea, but would like to hear your reasoning)...

Functionally, there's not much difference (that I know of). It's more of an aesthetics and authenticity thing, and it's really only important for the face of the blade, the rest you don't notice it much on.


Due to the way razors are made, the grind lines on manufactured blades are always perpendicular, and I'm just trying to replicate that original look as much as possible. When you're going for a mirror finish, it's not as important because, idealy, you wouldn't have any grind lines left what so ever. When you're doing something such as a satin finish, it's better to sand perpendicular to the edge of the blade if you want that fresh-ground look.

Either way, I do almost all my sanding perpendicular to the edge on all parts of the blade; the face, spine, tang, etc. Mostly just to keep things consistant.