I don't know about the U.S made razors but keep in mind that though there were probably hundreds of people turning out razors in Solingen alone very few made the razors from scratch. There were only a very few places that made the blanks and they did not sell blanks by grades. Possibly some of the few companies selling razors made from scratch had their own proprietary steel used for razors and the only one I know for sure who did this was Hen and Rooster though probably there were a few others. Possibly some were able to get custom batches but I really doubt it.
As far as stainless goes the early stuff is all the same. Its only very recently with all the custom guys that people are using different grades of stainless. TI just started using Carbon Steel with a higher carbon content and people are all agog over that. Maybe if they ever do that razor analysis experiment we will find out.
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Sparks, Nevada Police report last night Homer La Fong Died while shaving with his straight razor. His wife reported he was using his Iwasaki Razor and while shaving his neck it just seemed to have a mind of its own and came to life and cut his throat. Subsequent investigation revealed the razor belonged to Toshiro Kawasaki a WWll Kamakazee pilot who was killed when his plane slammed into the USS Yorktown. His last act was to shave with that razor. It is suspected the razor is haunted.
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