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[zimbyzim]

Howdy,

Living in Australia has its advantages, but obtaining good steel with the desired thickness for 8/8 razors is difficult.
I could order from the USA, but i'm impatient.
So i've been looking for steel to use and found a couple of guys having made razors of files, specifically older style files.
Luckily I found some amazing industrial style ones on the classifieds.

It almost seems a shame to use these as they look to have been well crafted.
I've also got minimal access to heating equipment so i'll be going down the hard grind path.
I'll update with some progress pictures.

For now i'm off to buy a workbench/Vice/Grinder

[dinnermint]

That's one way to get some sheffield steel!

[aaron1234]

I look forward to seeing what you make out of them

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[zimbyzim]

I'm going to try and keep the Manufacturers stamp in tact if I can.
Also I believe the ratio of spine width to blade width is 1-4, can anyone assist with this?

[dinnermint]

More or less, depends on what you prefer the angle of the bevel to be.

[zimbyzim]

ok i've just done a mockup.
Let me know your thoughts

[Tarkus]

Hello Zimbyzim
I once fabricated a razor from hand file (without annealing , and re-heatreated) but leaving steel hard throughout the process. And I have to say it was ridiculously hard, being that a hand file steel is extremely hard and difficult to work without putting any heat to it to change its temper. I was lucky to have a machine shop at my disposal that had coolant spray and even that was tough to keep cool.
Here are a few links of the project.
http://straightrazorpalace.com/works...bilizer-2.html

http://straightrazorpalace.com/custo...ile-razor.html

Another thing about doing this without annealing and reheattreating is that being that the steel of a file is extremely hard with a Rockwell hardness well into the 62+ range. The edge of my razor was really brittle and that making and keeping an edge was a real nightmare.

Once again keep the sucker cool throughout your grinding. If you see discoloration, you altered the temper.

Good luck