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My homemade 8/8 smiley

Test shave tomorrow.
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I got moves like Jagger
Looking good (Waaaaayyy better than anything I could do... well, duh!), but why is Springsteen's "Blinded by the light" running though my head right now? :tongue_sm
 
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Got a comfortable shave and the razor has very nice balance, but I think I'm going to regrind the blade a bit to get a narrower bevel.
 
I forged a new blank to take to the North Texas Meet on the 14th of this month.
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Here it is trimmed with the tang angle adjusted.
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Many people commented on the depth of the hammer blows in the forged blank. You can see from the grind profile why I was not worried about them cleaning up. Edge thickness is 1mm.
 
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How did I miss this thread?

Great work!!!!

I don't have the time nor space to try my hand at this, although I'd really love to. My hat's off to you! Very nice work!
 
Thanks for the comments, Larry, Sam, and Craig.

Craig, you do some mighty fine work with your GDs. You would be a natural starting at the anvil. I would encourage you to get yourself out to Charlie's next year if the meet happens again. I'd love to see what you would create.
 
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