Razor, From Chunk Of Steel To Shaving 

Yellow HOLY SHIT 😱 but yeah, and.. uhm.. those skills are very useful IN EVERYTHING. I also have a lot of that acknowledge.. it's pretty trivial in life. Taking time to think. Don't try to skip steps, leave a border to work closely and achieve perfection. Life lessons.

Do you know why u did that??

I know why.. it’s coz of his voice..

that's a sign of a very good video. it is well put together

Same

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Will Rogers “ The man that tells the doesn’t have to remember what he said.”

@@jobo408 totally

Hey now, don't be dissing my Sponge Bob brush, we will have to have words :)

@@lewisrazors aye aye captain

ARRGGGGG

At least it wasn't squidward.

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Sir would you sale one of those small knives or razor

+FaceValueGaming I wish I were that Manly, instead I have to settle for grumpy old man, Hey! get off my lawn!

@Amp Blaster Increment 1000 -> 4000-> 8000. results in a pretty sharp blade

finishing with 12000 is also good

The steel block he ripped off the depths of earth, and forged in a volcano.

That's really sharp .

Thank you for sharing your story and thoughts. You are very welcome.

You are very welcome, Thank you for the kind words

+als7aimy Thanks for watching and commenting

als7aimy me too

thanks for telling me it was a 37 minute video after i watched it. i never even noticed.

Always great to see your creations lewisrazors keep up the great work. Always desire to own one of your creations one day.

Bob Randolph Thank you very much Bob, I appreciate your support.

Glad to support, have a great week Charlie

lewisrazors That's bad fucking ass dude!!

Thank youi

You are very welcome, thanks for the thoughtful comment

Wet shaving makes a boring task more tolerable. Thanks for the kind words

It seems as though if someone doesn't like a video like this they should just go on to another.

Dennis Kwasnycia people that thumbs down it are either jealous or have low self worth and think if they cut someone else down that it raises themselves up a little... but. It doesn’t work

Nah some folks just don’t much like When the creator talks as much as this guy does

Emasculated soy boys give this video a thumbs down

Me :)

+lewisrazors I don't shave much, but I think I'll forge a knife for special occasions. It will be the most precision forge work I've done but you made me want to give it a try.

Lewis Razors Do you have a website where these are avaliable? sorry if youve answered that 1,000 times already.

www.straightrazordesigns.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=96_89_93

I wish, :) just a grumpy old guy that likes making stuff.

Thanks for your thoughts. Both stock removal and forging to shape can make good blades. They are both means to an end.

Even medieval smiths were known to cut and grind stock down to shape before finishing work was done.

russtuff Thank you, I have been working trying to learn better video making skills.

@@lewisrazors Dude, your arm is like a friggen powerhammer O_O .. you barely lift the hammer yet the blows are so incredibly strong. Very much impressed!

You are kind with your words, thank you

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Guilkdp You are very kind with your comments. I cannot really think of an appropriate response so I will say, Thank you very much, I am humbled.

I am glad you got something out of the video, I appreciate your thoughts.

I like matel wark frogem pless

Thanks for subbing and the kind words.

You are welcome, thanks for watching and commenting

Thank you for your thoughts,

I agree, it is an interesting sound

A sharp razor at least. I thought it would take a steeper angle to the face.

I hope you have fun with your razor making.

@@lewisrazors since I didn't have easy access to 5/16 inch anything steel, I would have had to do some forge welding to get a peice thick enough. May as well do a pattern weld if I am going to be forge welding already anyways. I could never have imagined how difficult and time consuming this would be. I've gone through about three wooden straight razors trying to understand the edge profile a bit better, but I seem to keep burning through as I get it thin enough.

That was a big razor in this video I use 1/4 and 3/16 stock to make razors also. I have made more razors from 1/4 inch stock than anything else. This video goes over the ratios ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-isPvvVdyQio.html

I am glad you liked it, thanks for letting me know.

Xavier Ancarno Thank you for the kind words. From Texas

Thank you for your thoughts, I appreciate them

I have always appreciated the people who were free with thier knowledge and taught me how to do stuff, I try to do the same.

I like that you do a lot of work on the anvil. You know what they say: fifteen minutes at the forge beats two hours at the grinder. Anyway, you mentioned that you kept your mistakes in the video. I respect the man who owns his work, black fur and all. +1 sub.

Would you sale it?

We have very similar stories, about the same age, and about the same past experience with a razor. I had a straight razor while attending trade school, used it for a while, but could never get it sharp again. I came back to straight razors years later. Thank you for your thoughts.

omally thomas I'm 55 now too, but back in my mid 40's I got really sick and tired of paying high prices for multi blade inserts for modern razors. Even at Costco, $20 for 4 cartridges was just ridiculous. I looked around online and saw some pretty high prices for modern versions of straight razors and then landed on eBay and found some pretty good deals on older ones from around the 1920's and 30's. Picked one up for about $30, stropped it and went to work. I was a pretty bloody mess by the end of the whole thing, but something I noticed right away was that a nick didn't hurt as much and they healed extremely quick. After a few rounds with my new oddity I got pretty good with it. The key was prepping the face before hand, and keeping the angle correct. I now collect straight razors, preferably vintage ones, although I do have a few modern ones also. Living in Germany, I have access to some of the finest razors mass produced today. Solingen vs Sheffield ... Solingen is more flexible and glides across the skin following the curves and such. Sheffield has almost no flex at all and forces the skin to get out of the way or get lopped off. I prefer Solingen ;) One thing for sure about using a straight razor vs modern cartridge razors. You get a tremendously closer shave from a Straight, in fact it erases a good 10 years of age right off. Something about having a shave so close that no baby's bottom can compare! I hope you get back to doing things the old way. Even if you pay a couple hundred bucks on a new high grade modern razor, it will pay for itself within a few months. And the old soap in a mug and brush? Lasts so long you'll wonder why you ever picked up an aerosol can. Good luck with it !! Bob in Germany

Thank you for the kind words and feedback

I wish I were a Man OF Steel, instead I am just a grumpy old man. Thank you for the kind words.

+MultiScrewy Thanks

You are welcome

I am a big Bob Ross fan, Thank you for your comments

try watching ASMR its the same thing.

+lewisrazors I wonder though, if you decided to make a kitchen knife in the style of a razor. One sharp enough to shave with, perhaps?

+Matt Remedy A question I often ask myself.

Nice build. The craftsmanship is impressive. A buddy of mine and i were comparing some stuff in our knife collection, and his father...a Vietnam vet...former navy gunman...gave me a very old German razor that was given to him by his father... because he knew how much i would appreciate it. The blade seems to be German. and assembled by Italian made handle for an American company Schenectady NY. Engraved on one side is "GENERAL NOBILE" The other side J.P. Alcamisi. Are you familiar with these razors?

Matt Remedy I feel you. I was watching ancient alien videos and suddenly, forging razors.

Vox Populi škkšiiižii

I did the EXACT same thing. MUFON symposiums, And then here. Cool stuff.

You are very welcome, Thank you for the kind words and feedback on the video,

I am glad you found the video entertaining, Thank you

I do stock removal also, it is one of those 6 of one or half dozen of the other things for me. I checked out your channel I like your videos and your style of making videos.

Thanks so much man I really appreciate you saying that. I'm not an expert just a normal guy trying my hand at things 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

Thank you for your kind words and thoughts

I appreciate you comments, Thank you

Thank youi

Mr Tea 82 yeah

NightHawkInLight It is splitting hairs at the natural stone point, it improves the 12k but only by a hair. It is mainly a how does it feel on the face type of thing. Thanks for the kind words about the video.

Lews it seems to me the razor meets too much resistance going against the beards!!! I notice you put a certain amount of pressure to win the resistance of the grain!! Is this normal? It seems to me the razor is not enough sharped!!!! at all. I make a shave 10 days of growth with my poor Parker Srx armed with kai blade!! No cuts, no irritations, resistance very small practically inexistent! Should you improve your blade??? I'm interested but the dimostration of the razor working was deludent! Are straight razors so few performing? It seems more a pulling of beards! When I use kai it cuts all like butter but here things go different too much! Don't you agree?

@@zenrazor659 no.

i dont mean to be offtopic but does anyone know of a tool to log back into an Instagram account? I somehow lost my account password. I love any tips you can give me!

@Tony Benedict Instablaster :)

You are very welcome, thanks for the thoughtful comment.

I like your thoughts

Thanks for the kind words about my work.

...and be worth it - I'd sure like to have one

you should reply to comments like this

+Clorox Bleach I swear I see you everywhere

No you dont

+Clorox Bleach because there is alot of acounts named clorox bleach

No

You are kind with your words Thank You

Thanks for the good thoughts

It is ironic how hammering red hot metal can be relaxing. I do have to admit watching others videos is relaxing to me.

Finish off the night with an episode of "Brian The Bootmaker". He's a game changer.

it's a mix with ASMR !

Thank you for the kind words

Lewis Razors my pleasure Sir :)

Thank you very much for sharing your thoughts and for the feedback

Thank you very much

+Benjamin Larsson Thank you for the kind words.

Ha, I can put people to sleep :) my wife tells me this on a weekly basis.

I appreciate your thoughts and kind words thank you

Thank you !

I wish I had the hand eye coordination to work with different media. The good thing about metal work for me is that is goes so slow I have time to correct. Thank you for your comment.

@@lewisrazors Based on your smithwork, I'm verry sure, you have the hand-eye coordination! At first I thought the blade protection is made of Mouflon horn or Antelope horn, and was surprised it's actualy wood. Sculpting, carving and forging are different in one way, but also similar at the same time in another way. You should try it, if you realy want to! And thanks for your reply too!

Thank you for the comment

DUPPY YO MUDDHA yes i am

And they are amazing razors great job *****. It's always a pleasure to admire your work.

Very beautiful work and nice video! Thank you for sharing! little technical question though: how do you figure out where to drill the hole on the tang at the beginning? Many thanks in advance for your time.

I hold the razor blank like I would when I would be shaving it and see the spacing of my fingers to figure out where to put the hole. The scales of the razor will be between my fingers when the razor is open.

With the tone of that voice, I'm beginning to wonder what that razor is actually for.. EDIT: Oh dear.. There's the bottle of bleach too. Don't do it man, tomorrow might be a better day!

Thank you for the comments

I appreciate your comments, Thank you. Long animated intros and people begging you to sub both bother the hell out of me.

Not at this time, Thanks for the comments

@@lewisrazors that's to bad, I'd pay whatever price you put on it.

+leoscoots24 Thanks for the kind words. I think O1 and 1095 are about the same level of fancy, they are regular old steels. I use both.

tryintogetfit24 I know about metal 🤓

Thank you for watching the video, I am glad you enjoyed it.

Thanks for your thoughts and comments, happy shaving :)

+bob talbot Naw, you just think you would. It is human nature to stop when you cut yourself. Knock on wood I have never had a bad cut with a razor.

You'll only cut yourself if A: you try to shave with a dull razor or B: you move tang to tip instead of spine to bevel

I cringe a little bit when I watch it my self, there is something uncomfortable about it. Thanks for the kind words.

I am glad you enjoyed the video.

I wish I were manly like that, instead I am just an old fart who likes making stuff :)

+Acerting Art I am glad you enjoy the video,

When he was using the blade on his face the pucker factor went up 100 fold. Excellent video though.

+richoz27 Thanks for watching.

I appreciate your kind words, thanks for watching

Your comments made my day, thank you for the thoughtful feedback.

+Hitori06 Shaving is a pain, that is one of the reasons I started using razors.

makes sense. if you get one of those packages it'll just dig through your wallet

Thanks, I think

Thanks for the kind words.

Thanks for the kind words

+shane agnew Selling for $625

+Heywood Jablome amazing worth every penny

+Heywood Jablome That is way too much money. I will not be buying this. Off to Ferrari to tell them that I will also not be buying that.

I agree it's not that impressive, maybe if it was a sword.

+Heywood Jablome i think its awesome

Several people have mentioned Bloodborne, I will have to use my google-fu and look up and see what you guys are talking about. I am more of a get off my lawn guy than a gamer.

A Skyrim(game) reference.

To fill you in, most of the weapons in Bloodborne have a compact design, basically oversized folding knives

lmao no

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I am just a persistent old fart, not an artist :) Thanks for your comment

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I hold you in very high regard, your words mean a lot to me, Thank you Bill.

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I find sling shots interesting, I like to plink at things when I go camping. Thanks for watching.

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