I realize that this may have been covered in some thread somewhere but I can't seem to locate a search feature.

In my research I came across a lot of arguments against stainless steel bladed straights in favor of high carbon steel, most of the arguments were as follows.

"Stainless steel can't hold an edge worth a @#$@#$"

I wanted to ask if those of you who are more experienced found that stainless razors were inferior in that regard. For my part I assume that it would be true only if the steel was of low quality (440 for example) but wanted to set all my fears aside before I purchased my first from classic.

Regards,

~L