Antique straight razor

[Jan]

Recently I received torso of an antique German straight razor. The razor was completely destroyed, whole pieces of the bevel were broken off the blade. I decided to reshape the razor torso into a letter knife. Because the carbon steel is really hard I used fine diamond wheel.

Jan

[John_B]

Great job re-purposing the razor.

Is it letter opener sharp or Tormek sharp?

[Jan]

Thanks, John! The knife bits into my fingernail. 

Jan

[Antz]

Very nice Jan! You cleaned it up very nicely.

Antz

[Jan]

Thank you Antz! For polishing the blade I used smaller felt wheel mounted in a drill press and Tormek honing compound.

Jan

[Josu V]

Good job; and beautiful razor 

[Jan]

Thank you, Josu! It's a real pleasure to hold such an old beautiful tool in hand. 

Jan