You should also look into single point diamond turning, diamond ultra precision machining, or micromachining. Depending upon the structure of what you are looking to fabricate, this will probably be the best method. With single point diamond turning, in a fly cutting fashion, you can realize very high aspect ratio structures with nanoscale level sharpness. Diamond turning is also a very replication friendly process, that can allow for electroforming of nickel "fathers" to copy the original "master" part, which can be copied as "daughters" successively until the part wears. It is a process good for both prototypes and mass production. Silicon KOH etching may work too, but you'll be restricted in the geometry of your blade, which may be a disadvantage. David Casale