Originally Posted by
Skizzo
Hey people what about tungsten carbide?
Its cheap and extremely hard (8.5-9 Mohs). I've got a ring made from tungsten carbide with a satin finish, normally the finish gets scratched but with tungsten carbide it doesn't scratch. The honing might be a problem but with soms diamond paste this might be solved. So who knows why we don't use tungsten carbide? Might chip because its to hard but I'm no expert on metals, alloys and ceramics.
(sorry for my crappy english:()
Guus