Thread: Alternate materials for blades

Has anyone investigated other materials for straight razor blades? I'm thinking things like ceramic or tungsten or even titanium. Look at the difference under a microscope and tell me this wouldn't have possibilities.

This is a product called "endurium" and it has been used for 3,000,000 feet of cutting:


Now this one is standard carbon steel after 250,000 feet of cutting:


I've already shot an email off to this particular company and they said they don't do shaving products, but they did refer me to another company. Any thoughts on this?

[EDIT]I found an answer to part of my own question on Kyocera's website:
The peeler is great! How come you don't make a shaver?
Too dangerous! A metal razor blade has a relatively "rounded" edge (under the microscope) which prevents the blade from cutting into the skin. A ceramic razor blade, however, does not have a rounded edge and slices into the skin. Thus, a ceramic shaver would be too dangerous to use. Several engineers in Sendai who tested prototypes can confirm this painful fact!
That still leaves tungsten and titanium, though...[/EDIT]