Tactical Razor

I bet that made you look.

My latest is a razor. The steel is 1095, forge finished flats, smokey hamon. I used ebony for the handles

 

Very cool!

 

Looks good, was this your first razor?

 

Looks great! Did you try to shave with it?

 

Nice work

 

Wow, that's a fine looking tool.

I second that, did you try it out?

 

Thanks guys I shaved my arm but not my face. Call me chicken

 

Looks awesome... don't blame you one bit for not shaving your face though. That's a whole lot of sharp to be putting on highly bleedy bits if you muck it up.

Always something I've thought would be cool to know how to do, but never got around to learning.

 

it's not as bad you think, I've been using them exclusivley for 2 years now.

 

I also say..very cool.

 

What did you use for a hone progression?

 

I'm not sure. I ground the edge to around 10 thousandths then used my water stones. I can't remember what grit they are. The final buff was with a leather belt and green compound

 

you have pics of the stones?

 

I used this one
http://www.leevalley.com/en/Wood/page.aspx?p=33009&cat=1,43072,67175,67177&ap=1
1000x4000

 

Ah, cool. You will want to go up to at least 8000 to make sure you get a proper "shave ready" edge.

 

It's gone now so it is out of my control. The new owner said he wanted to hone it himself. I will keep that in mind for the next one

 

Fair enough, most SR shavers either hone their own or have a favorite honer/honist/guy who sharpens razors.

 

I made it because it was something different. I learned a lot and still have more to learn.

My next knife I have to make is a great big survival knife. Talk about one extreme to the other.

 

really nice, I like the antique look it has. Razors are hard, I have a few fixed razors on the go but I put them on the back burner for a while.. zero grinding scares the crap out of me.