Custom Attempt #2, 8/8 in G10

[MileMarker60]

Well here is #2, I think this one went a little better. Still needs improvement, which I would expect.
Still did a good bit of eye-balling, the spine and tapering...
Still a long way at go to clean up my grinding ability but overall pleased with the small improvements over #1
Black G10 scales with yellow/gold wedge, silver pins and domed washer.

 

[Wid]

Very nice Brian, very nice.

 

[kg4ghn]

That is a good looking razor!

 

[ahoiberg]

damn, that is purdy! great work and i really like that funky angle on the upper part of the scales.

 

[Skrymr]

Another classy looking razor. I really like what you're doing. Simple and functional designs that look great.

 

[mdunn]

I like it.

Do you have a background in knife making or anything? This is insane for razor #2!!

 

[J-squared]

I really like the design of those scales.

 

[MileMarker60]

I like it.

Do you have a background in knife making or anything? This is insane for razor #2!!

No, no knife making or anything. Decided I wanted to try and make a razor a little over a month ago,
So I marked out some shapes, built a grinder and just went from there.
I hope to see a little improvement with each one. Razors 3,4 & 5 are in the roughing out stage.

To the others,
Thanks for the kind words. It's not easy to transfer what in your head to a piece of metal (even a simple razor like 1 & 2), but I think it came out well.

I've shaved with it twice, she shaved good but it's a beast. I tend to shave with 5/8 & 6/8 so it's taken a few passes to get use to it.

 

[rambus007]

This is very interesting. Do you have a photo of your grinder set-up?

 

[honed]

This is very interesting. Do you have a photo of your grinder set-up?

In his other thread he posted his home-made rig.
Quite impressive on it's own

As for this razor it shows serious under-laying talent.
This one look really good on it's own but also sort of shows that with more experience you can do some really impressive work!

Keep us updated please!

 

[ink]

Very nice! Love those G10 scales and the indent on the spine.

 

[Greyfox]