Thread: Custom Straight Razor by the Muskrat Man

Thank you al for your questions, comments and concerns. I'm awaiting the arrival of a frameback to examine, when it gets here I'll try adapting a similar type of construction to my razor design and materials and see what happens. I can see your concern with the honing, but I didn't find it that difficult, I just honed it like I tend to do my knives and it wound up with a really nice edge. The steel holds and edge well, like I said before, I make my hunting knives from this same steel, they can clean a deer without a problem and hold up to the blood, and afterwards the soap and water. I tempered the razor a bit harder due to the fact that it is a razor, and I know most razors that I've examined are much much harder than a knife. I'm assuming so it holds it's edge and isn't as prone to rolling over (due to it's thin edge) after it shaves a few passes. I have a couple folks interested in one, if they do decide to purchase one I'm hoping they will give me a full feedback report on it's performance.
My Best Regards
Kaleb

P.S Not trying to make this look like a spam thread or anything. Didn't post it with intentions to sell, but it just turned out that way

Kaleb,
I will be one of those people wanting to buy <g>. With the flat, the wedge design, is there a secondary bevel as on a knife or is it one flat plane from spine to edge? Is this to be honed dead flat on a stone or did you need to lift the spine as on a knife?

I like this one but would be just as interested in a frameback too.

Tony

Tony, I lifted the spine. there is a VERY SLIGHt secondary bevel on the edge, but for the most part it is flat ground from spine to edge with a honing bevel on the very edge since the spine was lifted. I honed it just like I do my hunting knives. no promies on a frameback, I need to study the deisgn and figure out a way to make it, so it may be a while before any framebacks come out of my shop.

Its a beautiful razor but as a working razor I think because of the blade geometry honing will be a major problem. If it can be honed dead flat fine but with the usual 30 degree angle most straights require if thats the case manually holding the razor at that constant angle while honing I think will make things very difficult.