Thread: Tempering question

I think I would just go with it.

for me, the coolest thing about this razor is that it is made from old razors. the performance would be secondary, so as long as it was a serviceable razor, then I would call it a success. for a high performance razor, I would expect it to be made from known clean materials that you could trace all the way back to the mill, and that you had made 50 razors from already and had everything all dialed in.

I just looked at some color tempering charts, and even if your oven cycled 100 degrees hotter than you planned to get that color difference, the hardness would only be 1-2 points lower, which in my mind is a non-issue in a razor like this.

one thing that is sort of wild is that the color isn't even. and I cant imagine having a hot spot that precise in a toaster. it the blade a lot thinner where the color is darker? did you maybe take the blade out of the toaster between cycles, and run your fingers on it or a rag or something that might have had oil or something on it?