Howdy

I'd like to Make my own straight, or at least attempt too.
Down here in Australia Straight razors are super expensive, I've pretty much cleaned out all the antique stores for half decent blades.
I've got a few hurdles to overcome, i'll list them below and hopefully the experts can point me in the right direction.

Cons.
1. I've very little metalworking experience, but am quite handy.
2. Live in a townhouse, so noise is a potential issue, grinding no problems, but forge = no
3. No Idea where to get metal or the best metal to use ( O1 tool steel?)
4. Have 0 creativity, thinking engineering type person, so will likely need to copy another design.
5. Live in Australia

Pros.
1. Work for a large manufacturing company and have access to CNC machines and many tools.
2. Live in Australia

As you an see the odds are against me actually completing a straight, but i'd like to give it a go.
I've got the finishing and honing down pat( or at least to a point where I'm happy)
I've throught about making a strop, but for some reason this doesn't hold as much interested as the razor.
I can likely order the steel through work, get it cut and potentially machined, from there I believe I need to send it away for heat treating then grind/shape/polish.
I'm looking to do an 8/8 with as hollow as I can get it.


Thanks Heaps!!