How do I grind a groove in a shaft for external retaining ring?

Hacksaw blade may sound like a good option at first but I'd imagine it would be hard to control the depth of cut and that reason alone makes me look for a better option Mark but thank you for the suggestion.
Thank you all for chiming in and for your suggestions, it sounds like most of you recommend a parting tool or a properly ground HSS blank
Grinding the groove will most likely create rounded edges which could allow the retaining ring to be pushed out of the groove. Grinding would also have poorer control of the groove depth
It makes perfect sense, I'll work on grinding the parting tool which will leave a groove with square edges. thanks for the tip.
 
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