Originally Posted by
Chris L
Quick, I understand what you're really looking for is a chart or some reference to the ratio of blade width to spine thickness and what angles the resulting ratios create. I swear within the last year I saw someone link to something like that. While Russel has shown with his great experiment that a range of angles can serve a razor well, blade width to spine thickness ratio can't be a completely arbitrary choice and expect that the resulting blade, if it looks like a razor will shave well. I wouldn't want to shave with an 8/8 1/16" thick spine razor nor would I want to shave with a 3/8 1/4" thick spine razor