Living up to my username - an ongoing thread about Silver Steel

[JimmyHAD]

The conclusion of the second paper was that Silver Steel (that is, steel with one part in 500 silver) was just better. Platinum steel was a lot better, but obviously a bit expensive, and Rhodium and Iridium/Osmium steel was awesome, but not very likely to be practical for anything but high-end luxury goods and the best scientific equipment. Palladium steel was amazing but ain't nobody gonna be doing that because palladium.

Great write up as usual Zak. When you were editing looks like the conclusion of "because palladium" got lost in the shuffle ...... I suppose it is prohibitively expensive ?

I hope one or more of the custom guys that still forge their blades see this and somebody tries to whip up something with rhodium and iridium/osmium ...... and that I can afford one .....

I wonder where the Green, Pickslay & Co razors gifted to Faraday ended up ? If you ever get 'em Zak, let us know how they shave .