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FLYBYU44

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  1. First off I'm a total newbie on here, so I can't comment to much on the heat treating other then you should probably be grinding it after heat treating, not before. The edge was likely too thin to handle the heat without warping. I do know quite a bit about straight razors however, I regularly shave with one and have restored several before. First of all you generally need a pretty straight edge and spine. You have to be able to evenly hone the entire edge with the spine resting on the hone. The way it is right now, half the edge would be to shaving sharpness and the other half would be very dull. You have to have the right angle between the edge and the spine so that when you hone it you have a small included angle at the edge. It's nothing like a knife, I can get a knife to shave off arm hairs, even standing arm hairs, like nothing, but it still won't shave my face. You have to hone it with at least an 8000 grit stone and then strop it until the edge is perfectly polished.
  2. I just started my pre-employment course for a machinist, the lathe is by far my favorite machine to run, so cool. If we were allowed I would make a little blackpowder cannon, and really make it fancy. So far I've made a plumb bob and a step shaft.
  3. I typed in propane forges into Google and stumbled across this forum. I don't really have any room to make one but would like to one day. I'm currently going to school for my machinist apprenticeship and I'm an avid knife nut as well. I collect and use both folding and fixed blade knives. I notice you guys have a lathe and knife section, I'll have to check that out. Sean
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