Advice for a newbie

[NickyJ]

I've been shaving with a straight exclusively since this past December and have been silently lurking in this forum sponging up any information and answers to my questions since then. Any question I had, I was determined to find answers to here, on youtube and when all else failed, I reached out to some vets who have been absolutely fantastic about answering my questions.

Over the last 9 months of doing this, I've become fond of big ol choppers, but the cost of them blew me away. Being the DIY-er that I am and fascinated by learning new things, I decided to research even more and see about make my own.

I have some wood working experience (furniture and some decorative carving) so I have a workshop with a bunch of tools/stations already.
Things I didn't have that I've acquired for this:
A 2x72" (which I made out of plywood) with a 1.5HP 3460 rpm Siemens "severe duty induction motor" ($50 off craigslist -old but never used) and a KBAC 27D. I also got a milwaukee portable bandsaw with a table for it to help cut through steel as it is much better suited for this than my big wood bandsaw (even with high TPI blades for metal weren't working too well for me).

I can't afford a HT oven yet so I plan to send a few off for treatment soon, but before I do, figured I'd make my first post and look for some criticism & advice.

Full disclosure, I scoured the internet looking for inspiration and was pretty blown away by Farnham's work on sageblades, so I tried duplicating one of his pieces from his website (the big one). I know I'll never be able to come remotely close to what he does, but I loved his shape/design and figured, I'd try my best to duplicate it.

These are my first 3 and I've learned a lot. They're all O1 hogged out from 5/16" blanks -I went with that thickness knowing that I wanted to aim for at least 1" razors.

Here they are (top was my first, middle my second, bottom I did yesterday):