Let's Talk Skeleton Keys. . . Let's Talk Happiness!!!!

Jerry Busse

Jerry Busse

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We haven't been as excited about the Skeleton Keys as I had hoped we would be. The reason has been that the primary grind bevel geometry got a bit too thick too fast behind the edge due to the narrowness of the blade profile and the thickness of the stock when combined with our standard flat grind. Luckily, we have come up with a solution that has made us very, very happy!!!!:D :cool: :)

We have been deeply hollow grinding the Skeleton Keys with a 4 1/2" diameter wheel and putting an incredibly thin edge (.005" - .008") on them. The edge thickness before sharpening is approximately as thick as 1 - 2 sheets of typing paper!!! :eek: In other words, these blades can cut you before they are sharpened! These little scalpels now look like nuclear straight razors.

The good news is that with the deeply hollow ground bevels, the Skeleton Keys really cut up a storm. The bad news is that we have to completely hand grind the blades in order to give them the deep dish hollow grind. So, where as we have been able to get great performance out of these handy little blades, it has cost us quite a bit more to make them. We are still working on coating vs. bead blast etc. . . I'll keep you informed. I'll also try to get some pics up ASAP.

Yours in Nuclear Straight Razors :),

Jerry
 
YOWZA!!! I can't wait:eek: :D

Hopefully I can save some cash before we start getting letters on these:(
 
Dudes what are you guys still doing up?
 
Originally posted by Jerry Busse
Raden,

DSL? ;)
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Not DSL, T3 here at work. At the house cable at the fastest speed charter has available:D

David, unfortunatly I'm at work:(
 
Its now ASAP. Where are the pics Jezza! C'mon mate, show us ya photographic genius!;) :D

Hurry up dude, catchin a plane in less than 6 hours!!!;) No inernet access, what to do what to do! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH !
 
here is what you do Gundy:
Send me a large quantity of money, then when they come out, I will get you one of them.

Just make sure that its a very large quantity of money!:p
 
Argh! I'm still saving up for an Active Duty! Slow down! Or maybe not, if you will have a pile of 'em ready by the time I'm ready... :D
 
Super nifty! You've got my order for one of the satin finshed 1/8 inch Skeleton Keys written down, right Jerry?
 
Ok. Call me uninformed, but what is the Skeleton Key? Is there a link to the background info? Everyone seems excited, and so am I. I just want to know what I should be excited about. Or is this just another variant of the vaunted Sly Skunk blade?
 
BJB, A search should yield you some info, but these are long/thin (high aspect ratio) blades that are going to be very, very sharp and very, very handly. The ones I saw had no handles and we intended to be used sans or with cordwrap. I was flipping and playing with them at Blade .. great piece.
 
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