Thread: Herder blank

Would you give it another go? Just in case...

If it's an unknown alloy, I'd rather have mike heat treating it than myself.
From just this pic, it really looks like a finished blade. But I'd happily grind it for you if you need someone to do it.
However, first hold it in your hands, because if all it needs is some TLC, you can easily do that yourself.

Btw, I do remember honing herder razors, and they were harder than normal. Or at least they felt that way.

Originally Posted by rocarule

Would you give it another go? Just in case...

I can Rockwell test it first and let you know where the blade is, then let you decide if you want that changed. The steel, while still uncertain to me, responds to simple methods. I didn't have enough samples from Geezer to really play with the times and temperatures to develop a range of behaviors. If I had the time and samples of enough blades, the graph of it's behavior could lead to identifying the steel indirectly. Or at least a better range of certainty of behavior for anyone else who wanted to HT these blades. It's really too bad that Herder did not publish that information. I wonder if there are any documents left over from the factory.