No functional difference eh? I would ask Mr Blue if he has ever shaved with a TI damascus or honed one or even handled one or has he just seen pictures of them. I guess I'm just a sucker for buying one then but I'll tell you this from my experience and I have 60 razors including carbon and stainless and all the well known brands and the TI is like nothing else out there. It doesn't shave like it, it doesn't hone like it and I think lynn will agree with me.

However its made it's different.