Boy, straight razors have some tough steel! I was trying to cut the end off a Wm. Elliot & Co. straight razor to make a "shorty" and a hack saw with various teeth hardly made a dent. I'm going to have to take it to a local machine shop and have them cut it for me. Straight razor restoration is tough. I'll also have him shape some handles for me at the same time out of some purple acrylic scale material. I've had to buy some brass washers and collars off the net, I drove around checking for them but nobody had 1/16th washers etc.