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08-16-2008, 07:27 AM #17
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Thanked: 150Japanese steel is also, generally, more pure than the western varieties.
As for smaller crystals, the metallurgical processes that create smaller crystals in the steel's microstructure can be used/manipulated with any steel. There are limits as to how fine the grains can get, though. If you make them too small, the steel becomes very difficult to heat treat correctly.
Surely, though, if any razorsmith is at the cutting edge of metallurgical knowledge and practice, it is Iwasaki san.