Thread: When Life comes up Lemons, make Lemonade, or a Kamisori

So let me tell you a story of a man named Harry, who bought a nice 6/8 Kroop razor, he sent it somewhere???? to be honed, and Lemons, they explained that there was a crack in the blade and to get in touch with me
So I finally get the razor to find a mean 1/2 inch long crack from the edge straight up.. The crack was about 1/2 inch from the heel so I figure I can grind it out and make a shoulderless shaver out of it anyway... Wrong, more Lemons, I touched that heel to the grinder and Ping Zing sssssssteel shards flying, that puppy came apart hard...
I had maybe 50 mm left of the edge sooooo I tell Harry give me a few days to screw around with it, and let's see what happens..

I went to the 2x72 and started grinding the tang off, smoothed it up, and thinned it way down, I was going to take off the Tail but after I had a feel for the Tang I ended up liking the way it handled..
I smoothed up the neck and the heel of the blade on a 2.5 inch wheel giving it a gentle curve, I decided to leave the round point intact..
Now I had the shapes, I wanted but had a punched out messy pivot hole, so I drilled it out to 1/8 inch and filled it with Liquid Red acrylic I don't know, I almost drilled a few more holes to make a design, and thought better of it considering all the Lemons so far
After I finished polishing, I Blued the tang and spine, then re-polished the blade to give it a worked look instead of an exact line...

Anyway here is the finished razor a Kroop Razor made of Sheffield English Steel, ground in Hamburg, Germany, and made into a Japanese, Kamisori style razor in Idaho, USA what a Journey... After all that work I sure hope it shaves good










Haven't decided which direction I am going for honing yet, I guess I will set the bevel on the 1k Chosera since there are a couple of very small chippys in the edge and go from there...

Nice save Glen!

Interesting way to attack the problem, it looks really cool, but isn't it awfully small?

Very nice save, in the hands of someone like myself the thought to make a Kamisori would not have occurred to me and it probably would have ended up in a landfill.

Originally Posted by Zephyr

Interesting way to attack the problem, it looks really cool, but isn't it awfully small?

Kroop:
OAL = 145mm
Edge = 43 mm
Weight = 22g
Height of tang = 6mm
Thickness of tang =.150 in (rounded sides)


Japanese Kamisori
OAL = 146mm
Edge = 46mm
Weight = 30g
Height of tang = 5mm
Thickness of Tang = .096 in (flat sides)

I just ran upstairs to grab one of mine hehehe it seems that the weight difference IMHO is in the grind

Great save, I like the way you make lemon aid.

Charlie

Pretty awesome I'd say. Adapt and overcome!

Nice save.

But hey, a brush with boobs!

Darn, I don't know what to say! WOW!! That's amazing work!!

Howard

Great save Glen! Looks pretty cool.