Originally Posted by
gugi
Indeed, sending out early prototypes for extensive testing is probably important in the case of steel that hasn't been extensively used for razors already.
Another thing just occurring to me is if you could get something in time to send (or even better bring) to the meeting at Charlie's next month, even if number of parameters are still in progress you may be able to get particularly good testing and feedback there.
It takes at least a month for a single person to put 30 shaves on a razor while 10-15 people at a single location could do it in a couple of days.
I also agree with Tom that the presence of the hole pretty much mandates the large size.