Thread: Question About a Japanese Steel variety

Sounds like a question for Larren, that kid is a walking metallurgy library...

Wouldn't low conducting wire mean it is the same steel that would be used to produce low conducting (or conductive) wire?

G'day Jim

My other half is japanese but knows nothing of metalurgy... Im an Engineer who doesnt speak a word of Japanese... but together I think we might have figured out what the text is trying to say.

The razor was forged from round bar stock (wire may be the nearest convenient translation) of low sulfur, low conductivity steel (razor steel) derived from specially selected pure iron sand.

AC & DC conductivity is a measure of purity... and in some contexts, resistance to corrosion.

I hope that helps.... I hope its correct!

Greg Frazer

Sounds like Greg may have solved the mystery. Just to mention marketing..... tattoo machine builder Micky Sharpz touted his armature bars (an integral part of the machine) as being "electrical steel", which AFAIC is a definite example of "if you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with B/S."

Originally Posted by Greg Frazer

G'day Jim

My other half is japanese but knows nothing of metalurgy... Im an Engineer who doesnt speak a word of Japanese... but together I think we might have figured out what the text is trying to say.

The razor was forged from round bar stock (wire may be the nearest convenient translation) of low sulfur, low conductivity steel (razor steel) derived from specially selected pure iron sand.

AC & DC conductivity is a measure of purity... and in some contexts, resistance to corrosion.

I hope that helps.... I hope its correct!

Greg Frazer

Thanks for that Greg, it certainly sounds plausible!

I've gotten a lot of similar opinions on this one. I talked to an acquaintanc eof mine who worked as a steel salesman in the 70's, and while he didn't know anything he asked some researchers at his old company. Their consensus was that it means low sulfur, low copper steel; the "conducting wire" is a way of referring to copper indirectly. Maybe.