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Is it good stuff? Does it need special HT? I have seen that SB-1 can be bought in 6,5mm thickness, and can have high hardness with a fine grain structure, sound like a good candidate for a razor.

Where can you get thick 14c28n? Never found anything even near 4,5-6mm needed for razors.

I once did a small scale comparison between O1, O2, and 52100 with local friends. No one of them could tell the razors were made of different steels, just me, so I guess we makers tend to think there...

Well, I can understand you, I am a knife guy myself. Noone, never asked me what steel I use for my razors, just one person, who was a knife guy :)

Cryo HT is not that big of a problem, there are a lot of companies who can do it fairly cheap, even in small batches.

Of course our best bet would be to use what the big manufacturers use. Problem is, we don't know what they use, and how they heat treat it :)

I am now experimenting with 420hc for straight razors, mainly because it is very stain resistant, has a fine grain structure, and it behaves almost like carbon steel while sharpening. Basically any...