Thread: Good steel for razors? looking to make my own - aren't we all...

My eye for common sense says that the spine of the frameback would not have to be heat treated, just the blade/cutting edge. Don't put more work into the project than required. It will be hard enough to get a straight blade without adding the movement and potential problems trying to mate up a hardened spine. There is nothing wrong with your choice of steels given the proximity to the supplier and heat treater.

There's nothing to say you couldn't do a small hollow grind along the corner represented by the bevel. It gets that material out of the way of the stone and reduces the size of the bevel portion that will be dragging along. Less material to remove in honing too.

Looks like a good project though. It'll be interesting to see what you learn.

You'll recall that Spazola made some framebacks and here is his post on the third effort. Jasper, you might PM him and get some tips from him on his experience. He made a good looking FB. I went to the workshop forum and clicked on the "search this forum icon". There were some interesting threads in there that may be helpful to you. Here is another one.