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Howdy, all. We've got a new product on the site; water-jetted black paper micarta scale sets: http://straightrazorparts.com/black-paper-micarta-scale-set.html

Here's a 6/8 razor with a nice set of jobillo scales. It's made from one of these: http://straightrazorparts.com/the-classico--rough-groundheat-treated.html http://straightrazorparts.com/razor-blank--the-classico.html The pins and washers are available, too.

Take a look! Blades, pinstock, washers, tools..... http://straightrazorparts.com

I won some 1/8" resinwood from the Boss Dog and crew a while back and built some razor scales: It's a 5/8 French point shorty, satin finish.

DtopPoint, I run 3Ms 341d belts in both 240 and 400 grits 'wet'. I just squirt water on the dry belt and spread it around a bit with a brush, then as I'm working, I re-apply water as needed. These 3M belts hold up really well to water. I run them very slow... less than 10 percent on my...

I put together a little photo album of the processes I do to take a raw blank to a finished razor. http://bgblades.com/gallery/making_of_a_hart_razor If anyone has questions, I'll try to answer them here. Thanks, Bruce

I was straightening some tangs on regular HartSteel razors to turn into 'Faux Kamisori' blades like this: I was working on a group of four and the tail end of one was crooked when it came away from the flame and hammer. So I hoped it might be soft enough to 'convince' it straight. WRONG...

Very nice. I've never seen the 2-piece kami done better.

Sounds like fun. 363 for me please.

I call it 'Faux' because it's really a standard western quarter hollow grind, just with some Japanese styling influences. IE, the grind is lower on the 'back' side, giving it the omote/ura look.

My first attempt at forging a blade. I was able to draw and twist the handle OK. I don't think I had enough coal/heat to get the blade hot enough to forge the bevels, so I ground them. So here it is with a simple pouch sheath I made, too: I'm pretty pleased overall, but I'm going...

My son turned 25 a while back and I made a Japanese style razor for him. It's made out of O1, has what I call a 'faux kamisori' grind. The finish is BC Super Blue. The Japanese writing is supposedly 'Happy Birthday', at least that's what was on the online birthday card I found...