Quote Originally Posted by JDM61 View Post
It is cheap and by most accounts worth the money. It is certainly better than the stuff from Pakistan. Beyond that, your mileage may vary. Brad is a very nice guy and if anything is wrong with the steel, he will replace it.
Just looking at the layers that are specified, the carbon content will be low. The pivot hole is kinda large as well.
Now, looking at the economics of the situation: there are a couple of dollars of steel in this blank. Then follow forge welding and 5 folds, cleanup, grinding. And then there has to be a big enough profit margin after VAT and income tax... It may not come from Pakistan but probably comes from some other faraway-istan where labor is cheap and ohsa and QA nonexisting. That's the only way they can end up at 38$ retail.

That people have reported it is worth the money means as much as people liking gold dollar razors or zeepk razors.