Originally Posted by
center5150
one thing youve got to watch, is that it could very well be that this blade was just hardened quite a bit, you run into the problem more with heavy metal generally that has been welded, but if you dont know the way one tempers steel is essentially you heat it up and cool it off really quickly (theres more to it than that but thats basically it) and really youd have to heat it to rather high temperatures (like a good solid red color atleast) and then let it cool very slowly to have any great effect on the hardness of the steel, now as im sure u can image on a razor that would be highly unadvised since it would be almost impossible to get a good temper back to the blade after this (it is very hard to do properly even to experience metal workers)
id have to imagine though a high quality bit a good drill press plenty of oil and patience will go on and punch on through