Thread: Does anyone make razors with hamon/temper lines?

Those of you who know me from my knifemaking days on Bladeforums know my love of temper lines and hamon. Does anyone make razors that are clay heat treated? I haven't seen any looking through lots of photos. Maybe the HT is too hard on such a thin piece of metal? If they are out there I'd love to see them.

Here is one,

forged razor

Russel Baldridge also made some with hamons/ temper lines.

Custom Japanese Razor #3

A modern take on the Japanese razor...

Charlie

Awesome, thanks! That first one is killer

They are most impressive work, but the reason Japanese weapons have a hamon is that they have to be resilient in use, and razors don't. I think it would be very difficult to achieve a hamon without distortion of the edge in a wedge form blade, and very, very difficult in a hollow ground one. The Wikipedia article, if I remember rightly, says there was a 25% wastage rate in manufacture of the extra-hollow "singing razor", and I think they mean in hardening.