Originally Posted by
L R Harner
so your a smith but cant forge 3/16 steel into a bit thicker spine and then forge the bevels
and 2 52100 is not toothy steel when heat treated
i think a bit of readig will go a long way as you seem to know knives ok but are more an ornamental black smith
it is easy to make a knife that shaves arm hair but not easy to make a razor that is shave worthy
if it sounds like im beig a bit harsh its cause in a way i am (you have posted thoughts on razor making here and dont know how to make your first one)
and 2 there are lots of things that will help you as you make your way to a razor and the ones i pointed out are the easy ones to point oit