Thread: This will be under a tree this year, too.

This is certainly more pedestrian than that sweet piece of work Bill did for Josh, but I thought I'd share it, anyway. Bill is a hard act to follow, LOL.

I call this a "medeival point". It's a 10/8 tapering toward the tang to 8/8.

Now that is one wicked looking blade.
Gives new meaning to the term spike
point.....


Terry

Even though this is a nice piece, I still prefer the previous one. Actually it was one of my all-time favourites. This one may have a profile that's a bit too aggressive for my tastes. I love the fact that it was hand-forged

A very interesting design, and an appropriately named point. The hammer marks remind me of the Brummels too.

This one was comissioned so I built it as a collaborative design. I'm goign to be doing more of the bigger hammered tang razors like the last one I did, though. It just makes an excellent shaver. This is a nice design for anyone that likes big razors that can do precise touchups in tight places.

Probably a bit more challenging to hone, though?

Actually, this design was very hone-friendly. I use bigger hones, though. It might not be so friendly on a small barber hone.

Originally Posted by PapaBull

It might not be so friendly on a small barber hone.

You'd have to wear maille gloves while holding the barber hone. Unless I'm the only one that uses the "will it slice the thumb" test while honing on barber hones...

This is a beautiful and distinctive razor. Was this a custom order or something from your own fevered imagination? My diamondback, though not as distinctive as this razor, is an incredible shaver. Whoever winds up with this is getting something special.

I use the 3x8" Norton and a 3x12" pasted bench hone so that would not be much of an issue. The reason I was asking was that there's no spine behind a severely extruded point and I was wondering how much of an effect it would have on balancing the blade while honing.

The spine guides the razor perfectly. You have to only make sure you don't torque the blade with the spine off the hone, but the spine shouldn't leave the hone, anyway. It doesn't have to. The extension past the spine is less than an inch and using the standard "x" pattern, the tip much more closely follows the spine. I'm honing it now, so I've got a good feel for it. It's almost ready for shaving.

Miles was talking to me about blades and I discussed with him an idea I had for a "face Axe" that would be a modified combination of a french point and frameback with the idea of creating an ergonomic and practical shaving razor that gave something of an impression of a headsman's axe for artistic effect.