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
Great job re-purposing the razor.
Is it letter opener sharp or Tormek sharp?
Thanks, John! The knife bits into my fingernail. ;)
Jan
Very nice Jan! You cleaned it up very nicely.
Antz
Thank you Antz! For polishing the blade I used smaller felt wheel mounted in a drill press and Tormek honing compound.
Jan
Good job; and beautiful razor :)
Thank you, Josu! It's a real pleasure to hold such an old beautiful tool in hand. :)
Jan