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06-28-2016, 05:23 PM #1Senior Member
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The hardness of steel does not really have to do with whether or not the steel is stainless.
Hardness is determined by the way the steel was heat treated and tempered.
Stainless steels contain elements that improve corrosion resistance - such as chromium and vanadium.
For example - Henckles Friodurs, which are some of the best stainless razors, are softer than a lot of carbon steel blades - to me.strangedata likes this.My father was an engineer. He used to tell me that sharpening a straight razor is like trying to build a ladder to the moon out of a roll of aluminum foil.
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06-28-2016, 06:18 PM #2Senior Member
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It's a combination of carbon content and heat treatment. Typically stainless steels sacrifice carbon content for chromium to add rust resistance, so typically speaking they will not be as hard as a high carbon steel. Treating them to match that hardness may make the steel brittle. There's always a trade off.
Not that it makes a stainless blade bad per se, just different.strangedata likes this.
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