I shot a similar image sometime ago, but couldn't fully recreate it in the time I had available and under basic editing rules. Either the shadow looked good, or the razor, but no both.
I therefore took a shot of the shadow ( this is a genuine shadow) Printed it off and put the razor in front of the print to create the final image
Here is the original I lit the image from below to ensure the shadow would be off the final image.
Here is the Original
Processing steps
A lot of playing in RAW converter to try and lighten the background whilst keeping the shadow strong.
Then in in CS3
Levels adjustment
Colour adjustment
Cloned some sensor dust to left of shadow
Neat image
Cropped to Size
Sharpened
Added Boarder of about 10% grey to make the image look whiter
Saved for DPC
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