Quote Originally Posted by JDM61 View Post
Who is your target customer? Is it someone who is willing to put up with the "inconvenience" of having a carbon steel razor, particularly in a wet environment? If not, then I would consider using the recently released .196 AEB-L for a 5/8 razor. As for grinding, how about finding a vendor with something like a Siepmann or Berger CNC hollow grinding setup?
I think the hollow grinding machines would be a possibility, especially if you were contracting out as much of the process as possible. You would need quite a large order to get the costs down.