Thread: My first custom build Straight Razor

Dear SRP's

This is a little project I've been working on. The knife is going to the annual knife competition in the Danish Knifemakers Guild. The Theme this year is folding knives... and a SR folds

I've now finished my first razor. I made everything from scratch. Forged the damascus, ground the blade, hardened it, cut the handle material, made those little washers (what a time consuming job! and not too nice) and finally pinned it. The CD was a great help.

The materials are thuja burl, copper for the washers and pins, 15N20 and UBH20C (for the blade)... and a drop of CA

And no cuts, yet

Please tell me what you think. All my knowledge comes from SRP.





A peek without the scales:


And a closeup



Best regards
Kristian

Very nice!
Looks like you did a wonderful job.
Lovely steel pattern, great scales and good, classic lines to the razor.

The best of luck in the competition!!

Congrats especially on forging your own steel ! As for the washers you can buy them easily here Micro Fasteners - Hobbyists Source - Locknuts - Washers - Machine Screws - Fasteners - Rivets - Wood Screws

Very nice indeed. Any blade face photos?

It looks GREAT! I wish you well in the Competition! Please let us know how your forged the steel! The only knowledge of forging that I've seen is industrial in Huge Amounts!

Again Good Luck!

A wonderful looking "folding knife". Good luck in your competition!

Diving straight in forging your own damascus and being your first, I would say, you've got a bright future ahead of you. Good luck with the annual knife competition.

Wow, thanks for sharing!

Amazing work, good luck in the competition!

Love the scales and the pattern on the Damascus great job!

To all of you. I'm so happy with your comments It really warms!

@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!)

@HSL You mean, photo taken from the tip? As if someone was trying to punch you with a dagger? (haven't tried that, btw) No. Sorry. The knife is already shipped, but I'll see if I can take some pics when the competition is done

@cudarunner. Oh! Yeah, basically I just took 8 pieces of steel. two different types; one with nickel to make the contrast and one without nichel, just plain steel. These will etch differently when eched in ferric cloride.
I stacked the pieces, nickelsteel, plain steel, nickel steel, plain steel and tap welded the bar together.
Now I went to my forge. It looks quite like this one. I got it from a bladesmith I know
Gas forge - Habanero two burner forge - chileforge.com
It runs on propane.
when the billet was warm enough (approx. 12-1300 degrees Celsius) (sorry, I dont do inch and farenheit) I forgewelded it together by hammering it ... Forged out the bar on the horn of the anvil, using my 2 kg hammer. That's hard to the wrist. I ended up with a bit of synovitis (for you who dont know what it is... It hurts in the wrist) and spend the rest of the week wearing a wristband.

This isn't me, is a mastersmith (but young as me) showing how patternwelding is done. I dont use any hydraulic press. Only hand hammer. Video «
It's some very nice videos, very interresting and shows you how patternwelding is done. Else, britishblades.com is a good place to look for forging (blades especially )

And thanks againg for all your replies.

Best regards
Kristian