Quote Originally Posted by DwarvenChef View Post
There are conflicting documents to this, some say there is no such thing and others give recipes for the amount of silver used in the steel.

I also believe the name has been used as a marketing gimic even if there was no silver in that sellers steel. I believe there are razors with silver in them, though the amounts from the recipes I have read would be more of a trace amount
Silver steel is not a gimmick, it is a real specialty steal with a real standard (BS1407 for one). If you google this standard you will find the allowable componenets. Or you could just go here: http://www.silver-steel.co.uk/SilverSteelBS1407.html. Note that there is no silver involved.