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Thank you Randy, its been a learning experience which has deepened my appreciation for all of you guys who do WIPs. Not only does one have to do the work of building the blade but one must also stage the photos and try to convey a point through them. Godspeed.

A quick peek at the blade coming together. Here she is at a dirty 220 grit:

Franklin, I'm working on my own shirts right now and I had a mock up much like yours and was told by a designer friend of mine that it was too busy and confusing. In short he said that my name and product was not at all clear.

Scribing the bevels dead center Group Shot 72" radius platen Rough grind pre-ht

Thanks Mr. Gregory. Through my meager 5 years of wet shaving experience I've arrived at that same conclusion regarding wedges. :D

Primary profile with bandsaw, 12" wheel and spindle sander. Blades are left over sized to allow for fine tuning. Surface grinder time. The stock is at .275 which is a bit thick so it taken down to final thickness. Using the spindle sander to true the arcs and tail...

Jeremy and George, thanks for the comments. If you're wanting to try a razor, give it a go. Just keep in mind that you have to approach it a bit differently than a knife if you want proper results. It took a bit of trial and error for me to learn that a razor is not a knife in the way that we...

This smiling razor will be done in W2 for the purpose of pulling a cloudy hamon. I've made other 8/8 but have not attempted to do differential hardening on them; this is definitely a first. The design is modeled after an older Wade and Butcher that caught my eye a while ago but was WAY outside...

Well said Tracy and just my two cents but there is also a huge insurgence of custom kitchen knife buyers as well as straight razors. Even though some markets have dwindled other have grown with the trend to buy American and buy handmade.

You've got a point Laurence, but Western razors are friendlier to the DIY shaver than their Japanese counterpart. Heck, I can shave my head without issues using a western razor. After watching a video of friend darn near evulse his scalp with a Kamisori when he forgot to shave on the omote side...

Traditional Kamisori are ground on both sides, but the back (ura) has a very shallow grind while the front (omote) has a bit of a deeper grind. This style of razors is biased to either right or left. I will be doing another WIP on traditional western razors; hopefully I can bribe one of my kids...

The nature of secrets is a funny thing; once a person shares with another its no longer a secret. I'm all for respecting the wishes of another maker but like someone else on this thread said before, if someone asked that I swear to secrecy I'd have to respectfully decline learning their...

Thank you for subscribing and reading this thread. My apologies for the poor photography; much respect to all of you who do these WIPs on a regular basis with quality photos. BTW, I didn't catch it until posting these photos but it seems as though I'll have to go back and clean the blade with...

Had bit a snafu with my camera and the shots which included the rapping of the handle with rattan and impregnating it epoxy disappeared. There are nine more to finish so with any luck, the corresponding photos can be taken then.

I skipped the heat treating process due to its mundane nature; nothing more than just your typical O1 heat treat. Post heat treat the flats are trued to remove any decarb and to start tapering the handle. The Ura (back) is hollow ground taking special care to keep edge straight without...

Laurence, I'll be doing a Western Straight Razor WIP next. Though both kamisori and westerns are razors, they couldn't be more different from each other if they tried. As a side note, if you've never shaved with a straight of any kind before, a Kamisori really isn't the place to start. Their...

In the following days I'll be taking a break from grinding traditional Western Razors and will do a short run of Kamisori style razors. Please stay tuned. Sketching out the Razor pattern is probably the hardest part for me. Getting the proportions right is quite the challenge especially...

It looks like he used a sharpened dremel cut off wheel and a modified drill bit or ball endmill.

Seriously? Wow.

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