Hi to anyone reading and thanks to anyone who will want to chime in.
I'm in a re-enactment society, and I'm trying to reproduce this razor: an archeological find dating back to the second half of the XIII century.
A very kind blacksmith made this for me during a recent re-enactment event.
As far as I know, it's wrought iron, quenched in water.
Not the best, I know, but I have to use it just 5 or 6 times a year, and not even for a full shave.
It's not exactly the same but it's quite similar, and the angles should be correct: I asked him to make the spine 6 mm thick, the blade 2.22 cm wide, and the overall lenght is 13 - 14 cm.
I'd like to try to sharpen it on my waterstones (Naniwa 1000 / 3000, combo BBW / coticule, "Princesa" slate, cheap 600 / 1200 diamond lapping plate), or...
...even better, on the sandstone, quartzite (probably) and slate historical hones I managed to reproduce (the first pic on the left), on the basis of other archeological finds (the three other pics), but I guess it needs to be ground down somehow before using these or those.
Currently, the "apex" of the bevel is 2 mm thick.
I optimistically tried to go to town with two or three layers of tape and my diamond plate, followed by the Naniwa, but I just managed to slightly reduce the apex's thickness and to polish it nicely.
I don't have a bench grinder or a flat grinder, but I own a couple of angle grinders, a good vise and a room full of other tools. Sooooo... any advice?
I'm in a re-enactment society, and I'm trying to reproduce this razor: an archeological find dating back to the second half of the XIII century.
A very kind blacksmith made this for me during a recent re-enactment event.
As far as I know, it's wrought iron, quenched in water.
Not the best, I know, but I have to use it just 5 or 6 times a year, and not even for a full shave.
It's not exactly the same but it's quite similar, and the angles should be correct: I asked him to make the spine 6 mm thick, the blade 2.22 cm wide, and the overall lenght is 13 - 14 cm.
I'd like to try to sharpen it on my waterstones (Naniwa 1000 / 3000, combo BBW / coticule, "Princesa" slate, cheap 600 / 1200 diamond lapping plate), or...
...even better, on the sandstone, quartzite (probably) and slate historical hones I managed to reproduce (the first pic on the left), on the basis of other archeological finds (the three other pics), but I guess it needs to be ground down somehow before using these or those.
Currently, the "apex" of the bevel is 2 mm thick.
I optimistically tried to go to town with two or three layers of tape and my diamond plate, followed by the Naniwa, but I just managed to slightly reduce the apex's thickness and to polish it nicely.
I don't have a bench grinder or a flat grinder, but I own a couple of angle grinders, a good vise and a room full of other tools. Sooooo... any advice?