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Handforged:

--- Quote from: Mr. Woolery on April 17, 2020, 10:45:20 am ---So it looks like a flat grind to me. When you sharpen these, do you use a secondary bevel at all?

I’ve shaved with a straight razor before. Smoothest shave I ever had, but it took 45 minutes!  I’m told that with practice that time can be halved. But still, that’s a lot of time to get smooth.

There’s a lot more to a proper cutthroat than it looks. I’m looking forward to more pics of this one.

Patrick

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This one has no bevels on it at all at this point. It's just a rough shaped blank. It will get a deep hollow grind to sharp with no secondary bevel. Straight razors are the only place that I feel like this grind has merit but it produces an edge that has the slightest amount of flex while remaining razor sharp. Straight razors are an entirely different animal than knives or anything else really, with their own specific rules to the game.

Mr. Woolery:
Okay! The pics on my phone are pretty small. The fact that it’s unground wasn’t as clear as the lack of hollow grind.

I’ve done a lot of hollow ground knives, but I agree with you. It is a method of getting a thin edge that is only right in circumstances where you really don’t need any real edge strength. And in many cases the knives that you can hollow grind (skinning and camping blades come to mind), the hollow doesn’t improve them.

It looks elegant. I like your aesthetic.

Patrick

Handforged:
I was hoping to work on it a little more today to illustrate that hollow grind to sharp but leather work on completing some sheaths got in the way. 

It's hard to believe there are so many twists and turns in something so simple as a straight razor. I have another in the works that is solid white bone for the handle that I would really love to see someone scrimshaw. It's a good bit larger than this early style razor with a French cut face.  It will have a good bit of file work and jimping. I'm gonna make it PURDY.

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