Blade material

[cbiscuit]

I was looking at kitchen knives the other day and it seems that a ceramic knife has some serious advantages. That being said, why aren't straight razors made from ceramic too? Lots of kitchen knives are also Damascus steel...why not straights? It would at the very leases look cool.

I am not a straight user just yet (just decided to try out DE and am waiting on my razors to arrive). I am interested in straights in the future and was curious.

 

[Coler]

http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php/68254-Seraphim-Seramix-(tm)-Razor-in-process

I gather it is very hard to hone a ceramic edge to the necessary standard.

 

[global_dev]

I was looking at kitchen knives the other day and it seems that a ceramic knife has some serious advantages. That being said, why aren't straight razors made from ceramic too? Lots of kitchen knives are also Damascus steel...why not straights? It would at the very leases look cool.

I am not a straight user just yet (just decided to try out DE and am waiting on my razors to arrive). I am interested in straights in the future and was curious.

many straights are made from damascus aka pattern welded steel

here is a recent one i had made for me by Brian Brown

here is a Mastro Livi

Wacker

Zowada

Devin Thomas

 

[jpcwon]

Those are some beautiful blades, global!

As far as ceramic: I would imagine it to be too brittle, especially if you think about how wafer thin a full hollow ground razor has to be...I could be wrong, though..Maybe a ceramic Wedge would work? hmmm...

 

[global_dev]

only one thats mine is the brian brown… the rest are just examples i could easily find.

 

[Doc226]

My BB

White paper steel

 

[Legion]

It is easy to make a ceramic blade sharp enough to cut a tomatto. But kitchen sharp, and shaving sharp are a world apart. It might be possible to make ceramic straight razor blades, but the complexity and cost would not make it profitable.

 

[BakerAndBadger]

That Devin Thomas has me mesmorized...... and I thought my SRAD had left the building......