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    Hi everybody,
    my name is Federico, Kiko for friends, and I'm a fan of knives and sharp instruments, that I build for pleasure. You can see some past works here kiko-knives

    I'm a newb of razors and shaving techniques but after reading some posts I'm now totally in love with therse little sharp objects.

    I'll try to build my own, without knowing anithing about, but I'll consider it just a start point.

    These are just some pictures of my first attenpt:





    Bye bye,
    Kiko.

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    Hey Kiko.....

    Nice pics....Can you show us some more?

    Tell us your process for heat treating and grinding.....there are many of us who will pay close attention!

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    Looks great! Can you get that leaning tower straightened up for us?

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    Quote Originally Posted by ace View Post
    Looks great! Can you get that leaning tower straightened up for us?
    Maybe, with lots of C4.... Bui I like it that way.

    @Maxi: perhaps this isn't the right place anyway, it's D2 tool steel, hardened to approx 60 or 61hrc (I'll test hardness soon) taking care to grain growth, and triple tempered.

    Blade widht is about 6/8 of an inch and the thickness is now... hmmm... approx 4,6mm.

    I have worked it roughly with a 10" wheel and then more accurately with a 3" wheel.

    Now the thickness at the edge is about 0,1mm (0,004").

    I still have to polish the blade because now it's only roughly belt-sanded to an 800grit.

    For the handle I'm preparing g10 scales.

    That's all, I don't know if I'm going in the right direction because I don't know anything about razors.

    Can anyone give me some help?

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    Ask a Moderator to move this thread over to "The Forge" and it may get some attention.

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    Welcome to SRP ,Kiko.
    Have moved your thread to the Forge forum.
    Enjoy your stay.

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    Welcome to SRP

    That is a good looking blade.

    I would suggest getting a vintage razor and using it so you have a base line of what a razor should preform like.

    Charlie

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    It looks like a fine grind to me. Welcome!

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    Looks good to me.

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    Thank You.

    Yes, probably I should get a real razor first... but I'm tremendously stubborn. But I think that sooner or later I'll buy it.

    Yesterday night, back from work, I made a little overgrind to the ricasso ,moving it a little more torward the tang. Leaving this thing You call a little stabilizer (if it's so).

    I have also polished the blade using finer grits, and cork and chrome oxyde. D2, hardened so high, is very very very difficult to mirror-polish.




    I have also made a pair of Zebrano slabs and the little Ebony wedge. Now is curing with epoxy.

    I don't know if this is right, I only know how to make knives... and now I understand that they are quite different.

    K.
    Last edited by cvlosvdo; 11-24-2011 at 09:21 AM.

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