Thread: Custom Straight Razor by the Muskrat Man

Tony,
Thank you for your comments and questions/concerns.

I make hunting and skinning knives from this same steel that resharpen very easily and are tempered nearly the same.

It doesn't have the blade weight of a conventional razor, it balances just behind the pivot pin and the overall package is super lightweight. Well if there was interest in them I had thought about making more to sell, I'd be happy to make you one. You can email me through my profile.
Best Regards
Kaleb

I have a frameback I would like to send you for study. it is made similar to yours but along the spine it has what looks like a piece of brass tubing to give it just the right angle for honing. if your interested let me know.

Mark Avery

Forgot to mention your razor looks nice buut looks a tad heavy at the scales.

JM, yes I have seen those types of razors which have a thin blade inserted into a thicker spine, i never thought of using a piece of brass tube to make the right angle for honing, I may try that on my next one. please excuse the poor photo but here is the balance point.

forgot to mention, I'd love to take a look at the frameback, may give me some ideas

I'm no metallurgist so I can't speak to how it might function, but it's a nice looking design from where I'm sitting, Kaleb. Nicely done.

X

PM me with your adress and I'll send it right out!

Did you bookmatch the scales? What did you make the wedge out of? Beautiful work!

Originally Posted by JMS

I have a frameback I would like to send you for study. it is made similar to yours but along the spine it has what looks like a piece of brass tubing to give it just the right angle for honing. if your interested let me know.

Mark Avery

I may have the same razor. I picked this up in an Ebay auction (I like the look of framebacks):

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWN:IT&ih=019


The picture was not real clear (so what else is new?) - so when I opened it, I was shocked at what it was, very thin with this brass tubing on the spine, etc., etc.. The tang says:

JON. ENGSTROM
ESKILSTUNA
SWEDEN

I doublt if I will hone it or ever shave with it. It's a curious piece that I'll have around for conversation. It's, also, quite light, which I don't like.

I'm not out a lot for it, more than I wanted to pay, though: $16.29 Oh, well....... could of been worst.

Steve

Originally Posted by zepplin

I may have the same razor. I picked this up in an Ebay auction (I like the look of framebacks):

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWN:IT&ih=019


The picture was not real clear (so what else is new?) - so when I opened it, I was shocked at what it was, very thin with this brass tubing on the spine, etc., etc.. The tang says:

JON. ENGSTROM
ESKILSTUNA
SWEDEN

I doublt if I will hone it or ever shave with it. It's a curious piece that I'll have around for conversation. It's, also, quite light, which I don't like.

I'm not out a lot for it, more than I wanted to pay, though: $16.29 Oh, well....... could of been worst.

Steve

That is exactly the razor!