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thanks a lot. I was definitely under that impression....

ha! you thought I gave up. I promise pictures tomorrow, but, like I said... I ground the blade of my first attempt into a tang and the tang into a new razor. This time I hollow ground on my 8"...

wow... lots of great stuff!

FYI... almost all of my woodworking tools are chisel edges, flat ground all the way to the edge... more aggressive cutting and easy to sharpen. I also do my...

I ordered the Norton 4k/8k! So maybe I'm getting on the right path. But now I don't have a razor to hone! I ground it down to a tang to use for making it a deer antler folder and I'm going to...

thanks again!!

I might be miscommunicating something here... I guess I'm not using my machine to hone per se... just to set up the edge. I mean you have to use some kind of grinder to create...

thanks Tom....

From what you are saying, it sounds like it would be better to do a flat grind all the way to edge, or a slight hollow grind with edge at same level as spine to allow laying the...

okay... I've learned this lesson before with my cutting competition knives but it didn't carry over to my straight razor. Yes... it is 'heavy' compared to the other kamisory profiles. It's going...

thanks folks...

I'm still planning to regrind.. will post pictures later.

Is that grind that unique though? I was looking at cross sections of the japanese razors and the only difference is the...

Thanks folks!

Couple of comments.... I actually did get it to a wire edge on my belt grinder and then again on a 1000 grit water stone. It had a nice roll along the entire edge. But I wonder how...

Hello folks... I'm a bladesmith (Big Rock Forge - Scott A. Roush, Bladesmith) that forges camp, hunting and kitchen knives and I just tried a straight razor for the first time. I've never even...