Quetzal : Straight Razor 6/8 with spyderhole

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The Quetzalcoaltus : Quetzal will be easier to memorize (it's a flying dinosaur from the pterosaurs family ).

That is dinosaur in 115W8, 810°c hardening, two tempering to 170°c.
8 cm sharp, for a 6/8, 5,5 mm thick to the back. The Spyderhole licensed by Spyderco is more for the design that for something else on that one, but i enjoy the look. Quarter hollow grind, and Carbon Fiber spacer.

The scale are in TA6V4, dark gold/bronze heat anodisation. I gave the edge on a steel plate with a 500 grit belt, after that, Jap Stone 1000-3000, Chinese Stone 8000, Dragons tongue 10K, and Chinese Stone 12K. After 0,5 diamond past and some leather :D

I'm happy by the look, by the shaving and the combination scale / Blade. I have a lot of other idea of straight for the futur :D

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That is one fine looking blade! The "spider hole" is a very excellent touch indeed. Did I mention how amazing that blade looks?

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Very impressive! Sleek. I like it. French-point is probably my favorite too.

Jordan
 
Very good work! Tres bien! You have given a new look to a time-honored implement. :thumbup:
 
I can appreciate the time and effort that went into creating the razor and happy that it shaves well for you. The 6/8 is a favourite size for me. Keeping in mind that aesthetics are a personal thing, the syderhole is a bit jarring and detracts from the otherwise clean lines of the blade. The same with the use of micro fasteners instead pins being a bit industrial looking for me. Again that is just personal preference for me and detracts nothing from the quality of work done and effort expended to produce the razor.

Bob
 
Thank you very much :D. That you for your feed back Bob, spyderhole is a choice as the screw (in order to be able to dismantle everything easily and fastly :D)
But i understand perfectly that is not to the taste of everybody :D

SunsetFisherman, straight razor are fun to do, the only thing is to take the time to make the grind after heat treatment in order to not overheat the steel :D
 
I did most of the work before heat treatment. I begin by a flat grind and after i did the hollow grind ; The top of the flat grind support the top of the hollow grind. I keep on that steel more or less 0,5-1mm before heat treatment. With a water quench (for steel as C130) i would keep a bit more.

I complete the grind after heat treatment.
 
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