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Carbon and Stainless steel alloys today are superior to anything in the past and may be considered MORE than adequate for shaving.

I have nothing further to say on the matter.

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Agreed, but you cannot separate the carbides from the alloy. The fact is carbon steel can easily be hardened to unbelievable Rockwell levels that are of course too brittle to be useful. SO CAN...

Excuse me for sweating the details, but it is the HARDNESS of stainless that makes it both more scratch resistant and more difficult to hone.

TOUGHNESS is related to flexibility (ability to return...

The metallurgists on this forum may take issue with characterizing stainless or carbon as "harder" or "tougher" than another. The formulations and characteristics of stainless or carbon steel are...

Theoretically the stainless and carbon equivalent in terms of edge potential. When dialed in properly, there really should be no difference between them. However, with that said, I own both types...