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It is my first straight razor. It will cut grapes and tomatoes but cannot get it truly sharp enough to shave with yet. The spine is too thin. The 15N20 was to thin compared to the 1080 blanks, so the pattern doesn’t read well. I have a few delamintions. As a first piece of this type I am thrilled with it.

This is my first Damascus blade. I made a small 11 layer damascus billet from 1080 and 15N20 in my propane forge. It has a few problems, delaminations, not enough layers, no interesting pattern at all. The blade is very thin. I was going for an American Tanto profile. Next (and last piece) from that billet is a straight razor that I will hollow grind when my 2x72 grinder shows up. Handle is zebra wood with a BLO finish.