Thread: TUNGSTEN STEEL

has anyone knows any information about it.it is NY made blade Lewis company?thank you

Googling Tungsten steel I found this but I wouldn't be surprised if it was a marketing ploy like razors stamped Manganese Steel. I've never heard of that particular brand.

pictures of the blade

Looks like a good one. Maybe it is Tungsten Steel. When you hone it and shave with it let us know if it is special. This may be the new "Wonderedge" that everyone will be lusting after.

Hi Jimmy
Can you expound on the marketing ploy concept? Why do you think it was not a new, different kind of steel?

Originally Posted by kevint

Hi Jimmy
Can you expound on the marketing ploy concept? Why do you think it was not a new, different kind of steel?

Well, way back in the heyday of W&B mfgs would brand their razors Fine India Steel, Silver Steel, and so on. Later Manganese Steel and others that I can't think of off the top of my head. How about Craftsman with their "Chromized Steel". Tungsten and manganese are just alloying elements in high carbon steel. I think that companies may have felt that labeling their product with these tags might be a selling point and that they weren't necessarily much different then what everyone else was producing. I may be wrong I was wrong once before.