Thread: Silver Steel, Carbon, stainless

Originally Posted by xMackx

I wasn't saying that folding steel magically makes carbon appear. They would get the steel red hot and roll it in dried plant fibers (like hay) and it burns leaving carbon residue, then they fold the steel over to jam the carbon molecules into the steel (then repeat). I seen a video on how they used to make those swords on nat geo. If you want to refute where I got my facts you can do so, wasn't trying to hurt but inform basic differences in razors made with different steels.

The reason for the folding the katana steel is to evenly distribute the carbon in the steel, as well as making the steel much stronger by adding layer structure.
Silver steel does not contain silver it is just the name of a certain carbon tool steel :
Silver steel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Silver Steel
If you think of the properties steel has to have what good does silver do in the steel?
The main component is carbon, then metals like tungsten/vanadium/molybdenum are added to make the steel more wear resistant, or more rust resistant etc. Silver does not add any useful property to carbon steel.