Thread: TI Silverwing

Originally Posted by Kees

I got the test razor. I found it hard to get it as sharp as I like it. Even after the Nakayama I could not get good shaves with it. Eventually 20 passes on Cr2O3 pasted strop did the trick.

Very smooth shaves but not quite as close as some razors.

Kees mentioning the 'test razor' reminded me of one that Tony Miller was selling a year or two ago. IIRC it was a Silverwing marked prototype and it was a different steel than whatever they finally ended up with. I'm not sure what the story was but they apparently produced some in more than the one steel to see how they worked out.

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

Kees mentioning the 'test razor' reminded me of one that Tony Miller was selling a year or two ago. IIRC it was a Silverwing marked prototype and it was a different steel than whatever they finally ended up with. I'm not sure what the story was but they apparently produced some in more than the one steel to see how they worked out.

I spoke to David Loft about this issue. The steel TI used for the prototypes is the same they use for all their new razors. THe only diffecence between the test and production Silverwings is the heat treatment and the grind. Initially there were some problems with the heat treatment. He also wrote that TI use the same steel for all their razors: C 135 Carbonsong.

Note: this does not apply to the TI "Historical" razors, these are made with older steels.