Drop-forged wedge 8/8 blanks in my custom Design (pic heavy)

[Koraat]

Hello,

i wanted to share a project with you, which i am carrying out at the moment.

Together with the members of the gut-rasiert forum, a german forum about wet shaving, i am planing a design for a wedge 8/8 straight razor blade, which i will let drop-forge for me, by a big drop forge in Solingen germany.

Following i will show you the previous steps, beginning with one of my blades that i proposed as design and going to the final shape.

This was the proposed Blade:



And this the first sketch:



With handle:



Because i got much feedback to make a 8/8 i changed the shape once more:



Because many people wanted to do a passaround wiht a prototype of the future Razor i started to build it. Here is the shape:

 

[Koraat]

With a handle made of buffalo Horn:



And with another handle made of cocobolo. This time the curves of the handle do match those of the blade.



I dont wanted to make a normal cotter between the scales so i tried something different:



The finished prototype. Many people asked me for a rough beltgrinder finish because they liked the archaic look. So i finished the Blade with a 400 grit. To prevent the future Blades from rust i will let them coat with DLC.

 

[Koraat]

The rest of the pics:



Any questions or suggestions are welcome.

(i hope my english is reasonably understandable)

Kind regards,
Ulrik

 

[tgo-mdai]

The wedge modification (using that collar) is fantastic IMHO! A subtle yet very unique change. Can you provide some specs on that collar?

BTW, that is a beautiful razor indeed!

m-

 

[Koraat]

Thank you for your reply.

The collar is made of a brass rod with 10mm in diameter. I turned it to an hourglass shape and then polished it.

best regards,
Ulrik