Shumate Tungsteel

[bevansmw]

Just seeing if anyone has any info about the mentioned razor. I bought one off of ebay, knowing it was a shumate and needed some resto work. Bought it since it had a nice smiling blade. Upon inspection of it I noticed it says "Shumate's Tungsteel" on one side of the tang, figured it must be some alloy of tungsten but definately not tungsten-carbide. I did a little reading on wiki and if it was tungsten-carbide it'd be near impossible to scratch - I've already scratched it plenty removing rust. Tungsten-carbide is supposedly four times harder than titanium.

Just thought I'd see if anyone has any info on these razors. I'm guessing it having some tungsten is probably part of the reason I'm having so much trouble with the pitting on it, even with the 80 grit emery cloth sandpaper I have. Scratch lines on it now are after the 120 grit emery cloth.