Thread: Why are Damascus steel razors so expensive?

Originally Posted by red96ta

Filis are expensive not because they contain some magical quality, it's just because people will pay that much for them. Supply and demand.

Think of those Filis as a collector coin. A 1909s VDB penny is only worth a penny but folks pay thousands to attain one...why? Because 1)they want them and 2) there's only a limited supply.

They have attained the same mystique as the dubl duck Wonderedge, Lifetime (Reaper) and Goldedge. Like the fore mentioned ducks they are real good shavers 99 times out of 100 but bring far more as a collectible then they are worth simply as a shaver.

0n the damascus, I have a few and paid the freight. They are beautiful razors and great shavers. No better or worse than a high carbon necessarily but really cool to have if that is your thing.

I am always incredulous that the steel can be folded hundreds or even thousands of times as I frequently read. I would have thought that it would be ruined in the process ?

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

I am always incredulous that the steel can be folded hundreds or even thousands of times as I frequently read. I would have thought that it would be ruined in the process ?

It isn't. It's folded only a relatively few times The number of layers doubles with each folding. Start with two layers forged together, then folding will produce 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024, 2048, 4096 etc layers in succession. You can get to some spectacular numbers in a hurry, even more if you start with 3 or more layers.