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!

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

Originally Posted by KristianSestoft

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

Best regards
Kristian

Kristian!
We are all dying to know how you did!!!!! It's the 20th of June here in the states! Let us know!!!