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    The only straight man in Thailand ndw76's Avatar
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    Default I know it is sacralige, but I am turning a razor into a knife

    This was a platypus razor that was at the end of its life. The edge was so badly pitted that I was going to throw it out. Instead I decided to try something new.
    After a few hours of filing with a diamond file I have changed it into a small utility knife.
    Now I just have to attach it to a handle.
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    That is not a bad way for the good steel of a razor to end its days.

    Just be aware that if you ever subject this knife to any twisting forces it can snap without warning because the steel is so brittle.

    Otherwise, best of luck to you.

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    Nothing wrong with that at all at all. Many old straight razors were turned into patch knives, and there is some ebay seller who turns razors into knives. As Ignatz said, keep in mind that the steel is very different from knife steel, and use it safely.

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    When I was a teenager I reground several rusted straights into whittling knives. Christensen (sp?) wedges, if I remember semi-correctly or correctly if I happened to hit the spelling, that were ruined by celluloid rot or a similar chemical attack. A supposed friend stole the knives.

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    I was actually thinking about making a few utility knives out of some of my unusable (for shaving) razors, too. I was thinking of getting a piece of dowel long enough to be a handle, drilling a hole down it lengthwise to fit the tang, then filling the hole with epoxy to hold the razor in the hole. The only problems are making sure that the blade stays in line with the dowel while the epoxy sets, so the knife is straight, and boring out the hole so its straight (I don't have a drill press). I wanted a cheap easy method b/c these would pretty much be throw away knives that I wouldn't expect to last too long

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    Greater sacrilege would be to throw it out but there is always the mutant hybrid option too if its at all saveable.
    http://straightrazorpalace.com/custo...ade-thing.html
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    My wife was out of town several months ago, and I thought I was doing her a favor when I sharpened all her kitchen knives with my lower end DMTs. She wasn't amused!

    You turned a straight razor into a knife. That's nothing.
    My wife says I turned her knives into straight razors!

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    Quote Originally Posted by LarryAndro View Post
    My wife was out of town several months ago, and I thought I was doing her a favor when I sharpened all her kitchen knives with my lower end DMTs. She wasn't amused!

    You turned a straight razor into a knife. That's nothing.
    My wife says I turned her knives into straight razors!


    Thats funny, Being that im a teenager and still live at home i find myself shapening the kitchen kives alot on my barber hone and chinesse 12k and when im done you can shave with them, my family finds no humor in me turning a butterknife dull kitchen knife into a razor sharp veggie hacker.

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    Quote Originally Posted by LarryAndro View Post
    My wife says I turned her knives into straight razors!
    Just buy her a glass cutting board. They'll be blunt again in no time
    “The white gleam of swords, not the black ink of books, clears doubts and uncertainties and bleak outlooks.”

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    Here is the finished product. The handle could be whittled down a little to make it fit in my hand a little better. I also have to sharpen and hone it.Name:  SAM_0240.jpg
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