How to Cut Your Hair Like an Ancient Egyptian
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- Опубліковано 15 кві 2020
- DIY haircuts are the new norm. With the quarantine keeping us all home, I cast some bronze scissors and a shaving razor to see if I can still look great without going to my normal barber. Let me know how you think I did in the comments!
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Let me know in the comments if you think I have a new career as a barber!
That hair cut was awesome. Really good. I think you have the skill.
Also next step is to try to make shampoo or conditioner to help the hair.
Don't you have a bronze age comb? If you do, why don't you try cutting your beard with scissors and the comb.
Cool & interesting video, thanks.
How To Make Everything a very bad one, yes
They had lye soap in the bronze age bro. But straight ashes is a great way to have your hair fall out. If you want a lather, you have to get potassium hydroxide out of the ashes with water and use the water mixed with fat to make soap. In the absence of fat, people often used pine resins instead. Both of these soaps go back 7000 years. The upper classes probably used perfumed oils to shave though. There are known recipes from the Levant for perfumed oils that were used in grooming. Common ingredients were olive oil, cinnamon, myrrh, musk, fennel, anise, rosemary, cloves, iris root, rose petals, mint, and chamomile.
Maybe try work-hardening the edge some?
Once the lockdown is over, you should ask Mustache Jim (or some other professional barber) to give you a shave with the bronze razor. That would test just the metal tool, not the skill at sharpening or shaving.
oooo excellent idea, i hope he does it :)
I'm up for this!
Barbers don't do their own sharpening nowadays. They use razor blades, which are already, well, razor-sharp ^^
i shave with a straight and i could tell you now its not his fault XDD. its defiantly the razor.
part 2, in the iron age maybe
The first thing I would have done before sharpening the blades is to work harden the edges by peening with a smooth stone. This will improve the edge-holding of the blades. Secondly, yes, you have a lot of room for improvement in your sharpening. Try be consistent with your pressure and angle and use alternating directions of stroke between grits. This will let you look at the edge and see whether you've taken the scratches from the previous grit out.
Another idea is to look at trying different bronze alloys. I have cast a couple bronze alloys. Copper90%, tin10%, copper90% aluminum 10%. I also cast an alloy with copper 66% tin33% called speculum metal, and this alloy was hard and brittle I bet it would hold a better edge than standard bronze.
Spot on
I'd have said work hardening it as well would be effective, although also a flint blade could work
@@ColCurtis aluminum was a later metal
7:15 he said he work hardened the edge. He could use some practice with sharpening though. Thatbeing said his bronze isnt going to hold a really sharp edge. Hell, I've had cheep knives that wouldnt hold an edge because the steel wasnt hard enough.
you could try hammering on the edge of the razor to harden it, this could allow you to get a sharper edge that will last longer
if the edges are too thin it could break or easily bend if hit at the wrong angle
He actually said he did so.
Similar to how a scythe is sharpened.
Easy to miss, but he did say he work hardened the edges and spring section 7:14
@@linguineman4261 Bronze razors were fairly thin and delicate thats why most of the ones found are incomplete or very damaged. Also you need a lot of patience to sharpen a bronze razor and lastly he didn't use a leather strop right before shaving thats also a big no no. A leather strop should always be used to hone the edge. Sharpening looked okay but the edge wasn't honed.
The original name for scissors says it best: shears. The don't cut by having a sharp edge, they cut by _shearing_ between to horizontal planes. If you look at paper-cutting shears, they have edges that are practically 90º 'sharp', and normal scissors aren't that much sharper, yet the reason they handle paper and stuff so well is that the tolerance between the two flat sides that slide into each other is really tight, so whatever is between them is sheared away without being able to bend out of the way. Ever notice that when scissors stops cutting well the two blades have some wiggle room to create a gap between each other? Tighten the screw that joins them and their cutting power will return, no need to sharpen anything. Also the reason that scissors are either right-handed (mostly) or left-handed (a tiny minority, 'cause the world discriminates lefties), they are designed so your fingers push them together when cutting.
Also, you suck at sharpening, but that's reasonable because it is a very practical skill. Bronze can get an edge pretty much as sharp as any steel (the only variable there is the grain size of the microstructure), the only difference is that it won't retain it for long. Takes a lot of time, patience, and careful examining of your work. Plenty of tips in the comments from people that sound much more knowledgeable in the subject than I am, so pay attention for next time!
Man accidentally slices head off whilst losing sanity in quarantine.
He could just do a Van Gogh. :) Of with his ear.
Next episode primitive surgery
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Hi! Knifemaker here (ChattaKnives). Cutting quality tends to be a function of edge geometry. It's the reason a sharp kitchen knife (very thin blade, very shallow sharpening angles of around 15°-22°) cuts paper and food more easily than an axe (thick blade, very steep sharpening angle of usually more than 25-30°). It's based on the reason snow shoes work- with a constant force, pressure will increase as surface area decreases. Less material behind the cutting edge makes it through easier. When using a wedge to split wood, a 90° angle is useless while 30-45° is desirable as you've seen. As for sharpening technique, work on sharpening a single side until a burr is achieved. The opposite side will have metal rolled over the edge, you can feel it. Then work your through the grits, progressively reducing pressure. Lots of videos on that.
Material is a big factor, and I don't know anything about bronze. Pun intended, you can really, REALLY split hairs when learning sharpening and edge geometry, so you can go as deep as you want honestly. Check out blade forums 👍🏻
Edge geometry is also extremely important. The edge for chopping is different for slicing.
And still different shears.
Did you hammer the edges of thr razor blade? Bronze needs to be work hardened to become razor sharp.
He did, at least said so.
When sharpening an implement like a razor, it should only have one beveled side. The bottom should be kept perfectly flat to the stone until it is polished, and then 99% of the sharpening is on the "top", or beveled side. Use only push-strokes while on the stone(only pull while on the strop, to strip the burr) and once the bevel reaches the edge place the blade flat with the bottom down and just push one stroke forwards to remove the wire edge, repeat all the way up the grits. Each time after you grind the bevel side, there should be a burr that you can feel on the flat side. Granted this is what i would do with steel, but the same should hold true for any metal imo. I have 0 experience with bronze, but like that guy said about hardening the spring area maybe you could pound the edge to work harden it a bit before sharpening too. Those are awesome shears! Love these videos
Luke Lave That's only Japanese tools that do that, european and american razors are sharpened on both sides, push or pull doesn't matter, just get good doing one or both
@@Robert-qm7yi Well it's not only Japanese that use a single bevel, though obviously more prominent there. In any case the low angle(most easily achieved by a beginner with a single bevel, a beginner attempting to freehand sharpen especially), and the creation of a burr along the entire edge before moving on is the important part. As far as push pull I do agree it can be done either way, though again, for a beginner I think it would be far easier to maintain a consistent angle while going in one direction.
That isn't how straight razors are typically sharpened.
Luke Lave In my experience of making knives and absolutely hating sharpening and beveling, pulling is way more forgiving, so thats what most people tell beginners, but a lot of beginners find it harder to index an angle when pulling rather than pushing, it's an art sadly, everyone has their little way of doing it
@@garethbaus5471 His bronze razor is not typical, and I doubted he would consider attempting a hollow grind with the tools he is using.
GODDAM DUDE, IT HURTS TO SEE YOU USE THOSESHARPENING TOOLs HOW DID YOU RUIN THE STROP WITHIN 3 DAYS
The best part of this series is watching a guy who is, charitably, NOT GOOD at using his hands and building/making things, turn building/making things into his job. Watching him try to sharpen that thing was right on the funny/painful line.
@@WandereringFamily123 the problem is not even that is not good, people can learn those things. the problem is that he doesn't try to figure out how the pros do it and why. you don't need to be a master sharpener, but being a beginner using proven methods is better than being an ignorant trying to figure out how to do it.
That thing was so pitted and ruined looking I want to call the police and report domestic abuse of a sharpening implement.
in most cases he tries himself first and then gets the help of a pro. have you even watched any other videos than this? thats one of the main parts of the videos. "can some one who has never done something figure it out by themselves and what does that look like; what does it actually take to become skilled at something". again, one of the main points made in almost all of the videos. not really seeing any of your guys' points in that context. also, holy shit are sharpener guys douches and elitist. guess just knife guys in general are like that though, absolute trash.
@@thepjup4507 Yea, of course. They're not true fans like yourself. They should just let him struggle and suffer by himself, even after he said "Tell me how to do it right in the comments" since he knew he did it wrong. They should just enjoy watching his failure. It's not like society was built by the accumulated effort of hundreds of thousands of generations, and there isn't a single person who can learn to do everything great. It's not like it more or less required being trained by someone to know what to do. It's not like them giving him advice is how society works, not even to mention they didn't even insult him. They just said he wasn't good with his hands, which is as you put it, the point of the fuckin channel.
Nah, you're the true fan. White Knighting him in the comments. Only true fans watch in silence as he struggles through the videos, clearly giving himself minor injuries with his poor sharpening skills. Only true fans like yourself are allowed to comment on his videos, otherwise they're elitist.
When sharpening you only move the blade one way and then move the other side the opposite way to get it as sharp as possible
What do you mean by the opposite way?
@@ethanmann5231 You have to flip the knife over to sharpen the other side. You always pull away from the blade, which means you will be pulling the knife away from you, flipping, and pulling towards you.
@@ethanmann5231 If you move an edge away from you, then you should move the other towards you when you flip it over, and viceversa. I think.
@@ethanmann5231 have edge facing you and push it away from you flip blade over edge facing away from you and pull it back theres more to it than this if course like all things once you get into them but it's a great place to start that will get you results
I sharpen with the kme and always finish each grit stroking towards the blade sweeping to the tip. This aligns the scratch pattern on each side and reduces the burr size. I have experimented with sharpening softer metals and have found the reduction of burr size is critical as these metals tend to role if any burr exists.
When you were stropping you rolled your edge. You were almost straight up and down with the blade. It needs to be almost flat when stropping.
Please make a bronze spoon next! It hurts my soul when I hear the knife scrape against the bowls.
When he gets his sharpening skills down, wooden spoons will be far easier/cheaper to make!
@@knate44 but it would be a porous bacteria factory.
@@Nae_Ayy not if it is sealed with pitch or resin.
@@Nae_Ayy I've been using wooden spoons for a while and haven't died yet. And the same thing goes for cutting boards, but we still use them. You just need to be keen on the washing up. Obviously silverware was invented and popularized for a few reasons, one of which is that they kill bacteria fairly quickly, but people have been using wooden spoons for ages. There is even linguistic evidence that suggests the origin for the word "Spoon" was similar to sliver, or chip of wood. and Eggs brings up a good point, sealent is also an option depending on application.
@@Nae_Ayy Because wood is porous, bacteria get sucked into it and they never see the light of day again.
You should really start squeezing aloe through a tshirt or something. It gets much more uniform and there’s no fiber left.
does it really matter if there's fibre left for this project?
Lilac Lizard
It would make the gel smoother instead of 2-3 large clumps, but actually no. The razor was the problem.
when sharpening the razor, especially for a beginner, you need something to attach to the razor to hold it at a specific angle so that all your strokes on the sharpening stone grind at exactly the same angle. even on stroke with the blade lifted at a higher angle than the rest will actually dull your knife instead of sharpening it. even if you use a 1/2 inch piece of wood, tar glued to the side of the blade opposite to the one you're sharpening, it can hold the blade at a very consistent angle. definitely try that next time. these days we have belt sanders and vice grips that consistently hold the blade at exactly the same angle relative to the sanding belt, but you can fairly easily mc guiver your own tool with the tools you have already. good luck!
A decent razor has this already built into it's shape, which is definitely not true for the lump of metal he is trying to sharpen. The opposite edge to the blade is deliberately thick, in such a way that allowing both that and the sharp edge to make contact with the stone will form the right angle.
I think if he hammered the sharp edge a little thinner and achieved a bit of concavity to the curvature of the blade, leaving the dull side thick would let him get a much better edge.
you need to use the whole surface of the wet stone when sharpening otherwise you can create a sort of dent in the stone making it uneven over time(im not trying to be a smart ass it would just be a shame if you had to buy new wet stone because the other one was med uneven P.s sorry for gramma flwas)
You can buy a flattening stone to restore the surface
another options is to have another wet-stone which you use and rub them together to flatten both of them
@@wildman8250 ...or you can try "sharpening" (flat grinding) the underside of a railway track piece for a few days, like I did when my coarsest stone developed a dent after some years... and was too broke to buy a diamond stone for normalizing.
@@kojira8090 well you can, but its better to use a special planning stone, (my favourite is the one from dmt) and with small blades you just dont use the whole stone, so just plann it when it haves a small dent
@@Janosch_on_fire that is true i just learned with two wet stones and have not gotten a special planning stone
Jeez. Andy, I’m sorry. The comments on this video seem so toxic. Thank you for making this video for our us. Stay safe, man.
Wow. You’re productive during quarantine.
2:17 Everything said by Mustache Jim is gold!!
A simple and effective "shaving cream" is to soak your face in hot water until the hair is soft. I shave while in the shower. No showers in the bronze age, but hot water was easy to make. With a dull blade you will probably want to use one of your shaving creams at the same time.
There are a bunch of comments on how to improve your sharpening technique.
Putting all of these together should give you a decent shave.
Alternative to this is to have hot water in the sink and clean off your razor in it after each stroke. Keeps the blade nice and hot, helping it glide through hair much easily.
Love the Channel, If I might make a suggestion:
The ancient Babylonians had inaccurate but reasonably close approximations of Pi by 1800BC, with this you can make decent approximations of a desired angle from there you can build and fire harden a blade guide, with a guide you can get more uniform blade edges and bevels. Bronze razors were something like 1560BC so theoretically you could build a guide to get a "hollow grind"
It looked like you were doing a good job pulling the skin taught, so getting the bevel and edge right and you could probably have it.
Love the commitment...awesome!
Honestly Andy looked good with a beard.
excellent video as always
The bronze scissors/shears look so cool!
I wish you the best of luck with your channel, I know you work so hard on it
This man dedication is just so fascinating. Wow!
Thank you for keeping us entertained and being safe about it. Mom buzzed my hair as a kid, but now I just shave my head since I don't have much hair left lol.
I like that you have finally started making concessions! Everything looks alot nicer and we can imagine the hardship of the more tedious stuff.
I literally can't watch the last part where you try to shave after you tried to wipe off the black bacon grease and then you just go back and forth with a full blade. Ouch on ouch on oof.
The barber at 2:07 looks like hes gunna sell me a revolutionary new oil that will cure anything
this was a really cool video!!! thank you
Love how you can entertain others
yay something to chase away my boredom!!!
This should be fun to watch
This video will help me, thanks
The beard is a great look, Andy!
I love this channel, It really does explain how intimidating a spartan haircut would be: it takes a a sharp blade to cut fancy hair.
Ohmylanta! Seeing you failing to sharpen that razor and shaving against the grain hurt to watch! I appreciate that you are always trying to learn and go back to basics but are you not allowed to look up basic strop techniques or razor base shaving?! At the very least use a warm towel to soften before shaving! Jeesh 😱
Idk man,backseat gaming isn't allowed cause the internet did not exist yet I guess
I'm just waiting for my school to force my classmates to watch your videos
Tlani Chhangte idk I prefer him over guy green
When you have defeated all the hipsters, and you meet the final boss. I bet this guy rides to work on a penny farthing. lol
"I don't know how sharp you can get bronze"
Clearly hasn't seen the knife channel
"Sharpest UV resin knife"
"Sharpest candy knife"
"Sharpest chocolate knife"
Need I go on? The Japanese and their knife skills man.
this man is fearless with his skin
I feel your pain... sharpening a straight razor is such a pain at first, can only imagine what that was like with bronze..... might have to initially be much much thinner, can totally understand the obsidian, but how on earth they got such a smooth razor shape on that is beyond me... awesome. Thanks again for another fun vid. VTW, 9 yr ol daughter wanted me to shave her legs with my straight razor, and she is getting the hang of it too... was a funny night. Cheers.
THE RETERN OF THE FABULOUS MUSTACHE CAMERA MAN
11:28 The macro shots of the aloe vera cutting are absolutely stunning!! =O
Damn you guys are quick
Yes yes we r
That cat at 1:35 looks exactly like my cat. That was weird for a second!
Use guided frame to preserve the sharpening angle + do honing with leather piece at the end
Kemet is my favorite ancient civ!
When he said that he visit the sword castor in Austin, Texas before the world shut down to help make a pair of scissors, I thought damn he was ahead of his time, now everyone's in quarantine and need a haircut.
I actually laughed so hard at the title, I liked this video as soon as I started it, while the ad was still playing.
I cannot wait to see the final hair cut, lol.
I've actually been waiting for this episode. (Just to see Andy nick his ear)
amazing
These guys in the comments mean well but they're missing a lot, edge geometry matters but not all that much, what really matters way more in terms of getting shaving sharp is how smooth and consistent the edge is.
If you look at a disposable razor blade you'll see the bevel is basically a mirror polish, that's what you want.
Very smooth polished bevels are the key, they can be convex, hollow ground, chisel ground, doesn't matter, as long as your edge is consistent and polished you're on the right track
The hardness of the material is limiting but going slow enough you can get a good edge if you're gentle and have a steady hand
Yep. It's not as if it was sharp at the beginning and then quickly dulled - it was never sharp in the first place!
Great video! If you sharpen a steel blade the same way you did the bronze one, you will truly know the answer to your question.
Bronze can get surprisingly sharp. I think it was the sharpening technique and not the material itself. Being able to sharpen a blade properly is a learned skill that takes a LOT of practice to be able to do it well enough to have a razor edge and it's something I'm still working on after a very long time.
I’ve been cutting my own hair for 3 years now and I can never go back. I know exactly what I want and that’s exactly how I do it.
I have been much longer and I can completely relate.
Those scissors are gorgeous! Your haircut turned out pretty well, especially for a first timer with a short hairstyle. I've been cutting my kids' hair with trimmers for years, and even that, with guards, took some practice. As for shaving, well, you might be better off using a flint- they can be sharp enough to use like a scalpel.
Beavercraft!! (the strop you bought) I do wood carving and their tools are great and so are their strops.
Yes
The Modern Rouge did a fantastic video with straight razors. I suggest watching that for technique
reasons I like to watch you
1 this is history but more fun
2 it interesting
Besides work hardening the edge, you want to maintain the same angled bevel when you sharpen any blade. Including while you strop it.
Gotta hammer the bronze my dude! Need that engineering consultation haha
When will you go back to the original series, i.e. making things from scratch? It kind of kills the fun, at least for me, when you use more modern techniques and tools in these.
@@muhammadsukriramli8041 But why is the pandemic stopping him from continuing the series as planned? It's not like he wouldn't be able to do bronze age stuff in his local area.
@How To Make Everything I actually bought the same whetstone from amazon and from my personal experience. I think that when you were sharpening your Razor bronze i think you did not let it create a bur on one side if this the same as steel. Also from experience what i usually sharpen toward the edge. instead of sharpening away from the edge.This alway work out for me.
Soft metals like bronze copper and even unhardened steel will take a very good edge, they can get just as sharp as a proper steel blade and will take less effort to sharpen. Edge retention on the other hand does come as a result of blade hardness.
I think the bronze is very soft, and even the strafing on the leather (that was shown during shaving) was very ruff and most likley curled that sharp edge over. Even with a razor you need to be very careful and the sharper it gets the less pressure you need to use when continuing to the next stone. By the last few stones you should be using very little pressure. If you watch while under a microscope you can see how much pressure it takes to curl the edge over (it don't take much with steel, that's why the leather straightenes it back out)
Amateur blacksmith/metalworkers here. I'm not sure what went wrong for you but you definitely can get bronze sharp enough to shave. First you want to use a light hammer and hammer the blade working toward the edge until you start to see micro cracks starting to form. Then you file back to just behind the cracks. After that you want to take it through the grits at about a 30 degree angle to at least 4000 grit before stropping. Straight edges are much easier than curved edges, and you want to pay close attention to the edge by look and feel to make sure you don't roll it, so try to sharpen as equally as you can on both bevels. Also since it is soft metal, if you sharpen too much you will sand down past the hardened edge and make getting a fine point nearly impossible. If it all goes wrong, hear it up again to anneal it, and after it's cool, start over.
To be fair though, if I had to choose between bronze and flint to make a razor from, i would choose the flint because bronze can be tricky.
Jk always loved the series keep it up man
Your sharpening could really get some improving there Andy! General knife sharpening videos are good, they tell you that you need to be consistent, not to turn before you finish your sharpening strokes. Hardening the edge, as some people mention, is a lifesaver I think.
Before sharpening the edges of the razor and the shears, doing work hardening on them with a hammer and anvil, just like a sword, would be a good idea. You aren't hitting anything hard with the edges, so a really hardened edge is actually ideal since it will stay sharp longer and take an edge better.
Scythes for grain harvest made of iron or mild steel are actually only sharpened by peening the edge on a small and portable anvil. It is possible only peening would work for bronze tools as well, at least after the initial edge wad ground.
Looks like the advice I was about to give has already been made by several others. The razor rash generally indicates that the blade is either not sharp enough, not clean enough, or that you have some metal allergy. For a razor you probably need to work harden the edge before sharpening, and be extremely specific with your sharpening techniques in order to get a blade that will catch hair. Human hair is surprisingly slick and tough making it a pain to cut with a single edge alone. Especially without cutting the skin below which has better traction.
as for sharpening, i belive you were using the method where you do so many strokes on one side, than the same amount on the other.
This is not the best method, i mean sure, it will get it sharp, but it is not as good as the method i will describe here.
so to start, feel the edge of the blade sideways, NOT along the edge. if you feel a tugging on one side, that is a burr.
a burr is a ridge of metal along a blade, and if you want the sharpest blade, you will have to sharpen the knife so a burr is formed all along one side of the blade.
do this with the coarse sharpening tool, and than sharpen the tool with the same grain to raise a burr on the other side.
it does not matter that the amount of strokes are not even, as you are making a raised burr surface and making it finer and sharper and flattening it.
anyways, after the course grain burr raising, repeat the sharpening on a finer grain stone and raise a burr, and than raise burr on other side, and move on to finer stone,
rinse and repeat, and than strop to make the burr flat, as you cutting edge. it should be Very sharp, and this method works on all blades.
Again, to feel the burr pull your finger sideways along the blade and if you feel tugging, there is a burr on that side. if not, check other side.
and if none, than just start sharpening one side until a burr is raised.
i hope this is helpful to somebody, and stay safe
You know another way to approach many of these topics is to consult living cultures today that are either stone age cultures at the time of contact with modern societies or cultures with access to metal at time of contact. In one of my ancestral cultures bamboo was used as a knife, I've also been told volcanic glass and certain minerals I hear can be sharpened into a knife. People also used shells both as razors and as tweezers. And im sure those probably worked very well.
Much better good Andy
Learned all about cutting my own hair while wearing a mohawk for almost 20 years. And yes its still a grueling process. Even when I lived off a motorcycle, cutting my own hair with a razor and scissors while looking in a motorcycle mirror and hand mirror, in the middle of the desert
Try glass or obsidian if you can knap. Or try making your bronze razor thinner
Get your beard wet first to soften it ! A dry hair is a hard as copper !
Love my DE razor always do with grain then cross finally against the grain and I get a baby butt smooth shave
Notie gang
When you sharpen you keep the blade at a certain angle an you stay on the angle it hard to do at first but you can do it
ahhh, 'member mid-April 2020? when we all thought we were going mad during lockdown?
Sweet Summer Child...
I should make a video on bronze razor sharpening and usage. You can do it, but you have to get the blade so keen that it becomes a little delicate. The more acute the angle of the blade, and uniform polished blade, the better luck you'll have.
Have you tried the rolling method for the aloe?
This is what I really need. I regret not getting a haircut a month ago. My head feels like a jungle...
My quarantine hobby has been learning how to hone and use a straight razor. Now I just really want to get my hands on that bronze one! I probably would have even less success than Andy. But it would definitely be amusing, if only to me! 🤣
Bronze can get as sharp as steel, it just won't hold the edge long. When sharpening freehand, the most important thing is a consistent angle between the blade and the stone. It looks like you are rolling the blade a bit (which is very hard not to do). also, a razor usually has a pretty shallow angle (15 degrees or less).
so i cut my own hair for the first time a couple of weeks ago. i basically just used scissors and using my fingers as a length guid and did about as good as you might expect, which was better than even i had thought haha. family approved of the results at least, though it was a little long in the back because, naturally, its hard to get back there! hahaha.
I think you should revisit this with proper sharpening technique and work hardening the bronze. look at some videos on how to sharpen a knife. I think it is possible to get the edge hard and sharp enough for it to shave with
With an actual straight razor, you aren't supposed to push down on your skin at all, which is probably why you got those rashes. Try buying a straight razor the next time you have the opportunity to, and use that to take the shaving cream off of a balloon without popping it. This was a practice technique I saw in a video from "The Modern Rouge," which probably has some more tips.
If you hammer out the edge first to work harden then grind the edge they do this on sythes hope you see this and it helps in the future
Would you be able to use the coconut oil and alovera as soap?
What is a scythe made out of? I know they hammer them flatter, to get them sharper. Might work to get bronze sharper as well.
Lots of good comments about peening a hard edge. I use a straight edge all the time unless I get bored or the stropping and blade resting rituals. Then I switch to a razor blade holder that sort of looks like my straight edge razor. What they share in common are they are REALLY thin and in fact so thin, they are flexible.
Maybe when peening down the edge, you can take down the thickness a lot and after your skin recovers, try again.
Good to see a content creator who will actually bleed for his fans!
I'm not 100% sure this is the case but the rash could be from bronze shavings. Maybe you could hone the blade with a piece of leather to get off all the shaving
Maybe using a sharpening jig to hold your blades at the correct angle for each and every stroke will allow you to achieve a proper straight edge.