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The tang/shank needn't be hardened. With the simple steels that are used, differential heat treating is possible. What's important is the hardness and grain size in the cutting edge.

I know I sent in three razors for testing some time ago.

1. an old Wade and Butcher
2. an old Case razor
3. a broken Puma razor

I thought it would be interesting to get some analysis on...