Thread: My first custom build Straight Razor

I really like your lines. The shape of the blade and scales are very nice. Great job.

Charlie

OMG, forged it yourself?? The talent here never ceases to amaze and stupify!!!

What a beauty!!

I couldn't get the link to forging work exactly, but I think this is what was intended to view.
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Great Videos!

Originally Posted by KristianSestoft

@onimaru55 Thanx. I know Micro Fasteners, but unfortunately, I didn't have time to wait for the shipping. I just finished the scales 2 days before the deadline, so I had to make the washers myself. It was hard to get them even. they were cut from a 0.8 mm copper plate, a 2 mm hole drilled and then shaped into a washer... and then beaten until it was 0.3 mm thick. NOT a thing I'll do again (unless someone pay me A LOT!)

I would pre order washers for next time

That blade is darn pretty. Let us know how it fares in the competition!

Overall a very pretty design. I have one question though. From the picture, it almost looks as if the blade is wider near the heel than near the toe. Is this correct or is it an optical illusion?

Thanks guys

Yes, I promise that I'll tell you about the comp. It's held in Roskilde (near Copenhagen in Denmark, Europe ) the 18th and 19th of June

@bruno I guess you are right :/ When I hardened it, it "potato chipped" by the toe. The only thing I could do was to grind the blade down until I got past the crooked part. This almostly destroyed the blade, but I had to use it or not compete at all but I probably took a bit more off, at the toe, than on the heel. I've seen the same thing on old, really used blades, worn down by decades of use -.-'
You can also see the crooked part on the blade without scales.
when I sharpened it, the edge goes a really long way up on the blade. It's because the blade is so thick after grinding away the crooked part.

HSL asked if he could see a pic of the face. This will show you what i mean. first, i ground it on the belt grinder to grit 80 and hand sanded it to 600. I dont have any finer grit belts. aproximately half a cm up on the blade, it was 0.1 mm on the thickest part. then you can guess how thin the edge was.
I learned not to heat treat / harden such a thin blade. It needs to be thicker. RULE OF PHYSICS!!! learned that the hard way. You can see more pics on my photobucket:
Straight Razors - Making and restoring pictures by poelsemads - Photobucket

Best regards
Kristian

And next time... I'll definately not make my own washers!!!!! I wont!

Hey, great razor! And it is good you made those washers, microfasteners doesn't sell them in copper!

*grin* I just made the washers in copper because I had a plate laying around I'd rather like to use some thin washers and I dont have to spend 10 minutes on making each But as it turned out, copper looks really pretty

I think, copper for the pin is too soft. It tends to bend inside the razor when pinned, and i'm pretty sure I did'nt hammer too hard! I barely lifted the hammer from the pin

-Kristian