Quote Originally Posted by skipnord View Post
I've used O1 and like the results. I just made some knives from 1095, and I'm sure that would work well also. You are in luck, living in eastern Washington. You don't live too far from Mike Blue, who knows more about steel that just about anyone out there. He is on this forum, and I'd strongly suggest PM-ing him and trying to set up a visit. A great guy, and an amazing resource. He will also doing custom heat treating in molton salt. Good luck on your razor journey.
I sent him a PM. Thanks for the pointer. While I debate the type of steel, I drew up a sketch of the blade. The goal is to have something that is fairly basic, relatively easy to make, looks good and easy to use for a beginner (me). What I came up with was a blade about 3 inches long, by about 7/8 inches wide and 1/8 inch thick at the spine. Thoughts??

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