Thread: Speical Trip to Robert Williams

I am in complete awe of the scales, love the blade too, it all goes together perfectly. Great job making Birnando's dream come true Robert!
Use it in good health Birnando!
Best Regards,
Joe

Hey Robert,
What is the reason you use stock removal to remove so much material from such a thick blade?
I would have expected you to hammer out the blade portion.

It depends on the razor design whether I decide to forge the blade or go with stock removal. If a customer wants a smile, forging works best and for this razor, the other reason was that I had a piece of steel just the right size but only one so I went with the slower stock removal route. Forging the blade is great for creating a really nice smiling curve and is also good for stretching out a piece of shorter steel and making a longer tang out of it. All the Damascus end up getting hammered, but some of the HCS is best done with a stock removal process. Oh ... another thing is that the more precise the design, the more precise the work has to be to accomodate the details. For this one, there was a very clear layout given, so I spent a lot of time over a grinder to accommodate it.

Thanks to the visitor, the craftsman and the new owner of that beautiful razor for sharing the story! Nice.

Really enjoyed the pictorial. It must be great to watch an artist like Robert at work. Thanks for posting.

Stu

Originally Posted by Str8Raz0r

Really enjoyed the pictorial. It must be great to watch an artist like Robert at work. Thanks for posting.

Stu

I really enjoy watching Robert work. The only problem is when you watch someone that is that talented, it makes you feel inept. I'll be going back soon enough.