One of my standard kamisoris with some custom upgrades requested by the customer. A bit of a camouflage pattern on this one.
A little fun photo of my recent batch of kamisoris that shipped. Good variations on each, and that handsome bottom guy is currently available.
Reminded me of koi in a pond. Happy summer everyone, and happy gardening, shaving.
A rare moment where I have some fine steel ready to ship today.
All one of a kind, high carbon steel, shave ready, and fit for a good home.
Historically I’ve only posted 3-4 custom razors a year that are pre-made. Most all my time is dedicated to custom work, trying to keep up with emails, and chatting with folks waiting for their steel to be finished.
I’ve had these crafted and ready to go for some time, and I took a nice rainy Sunday to photograph and post them.
In this small offering, you’ll find an all metal chopper (9/8ths), wraith style kamisori, and a western folding styling razor (often called a “shorty”) for styling beards.
A “heat” is the time it takes for a piece to be hammered from glowing hot, to too cold to hit, and it’s put back to the fire.
The fewer heats you can bang a piece out, the better you are as a blacksmith (bragging rights).
The time between heats are the short periods where your workpiece is in the forge, and your steel gets reaches 1500-2000 degrees, ready for forging (or forge welding).
During a collection of these breaks while razors were heating back up, I finished out this wedding band for a friend.
I’m very grateful for a brief bit of time away with family during my sister’s wedding, and then some very important time with family during the holidays.
After getting back from each of these, I put my head into the shop and crafted to catch up from this time away. Looking back, I’ve been a bit too much of a hermit, and have not posted updates about recent completed work, and I have a stack of emails to catch up on.
Please, if you’ve reached out recently, and I have yet to respond, please touch base again and I can get back to you very quickly. I’m getting through my messages as fast as I can, structuring my day to balance communication and crafting. I don’t want to keep you waiting, so please reach out via email.
Here are a small group of blades that I’ve sent home recently, with many more to come before Christmas, and some soon after.
I’ll be keeping my head in the shop to finish up my work as fast as I can, and be available more through emails, and look forward to catching you up on what’s happening in the shop.
-Christopher
