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Carbon Shaving Co Design Philosophy

This blog might get a little long, but I wanted to write in more detail about what makes our high-quality Carbon Razor special and what we do with the design to make us competitively different. I will attempt to do this in 2 sections. In the first section, we will compare how we are different from plastic disposable razors and in the second section, we will compare ourselves to other safety razors in the market. We are biased, but I will try to bring into the conversation some of the comments our customers have said...

Why are Safety Razors Made with Titanium?

Titanium was named after the Titans of Greek mythology. The element was discovered in Great Britain in the late 1700. Titanium has 2 key properties that make it great for a safety razor for a number of reasons including:

It is extremely corrosion resistant, almost as much as platinum

We use Titanium wire to dip our Stainless Steel Damascus in Muratic and Ferric acid during etching. It is frequently used in the military applications in hostile environments

It has one of the highest strength to weight ratio of any metal.

It weighs about...

Limited Edition Copper Safety Razor

We only make our razors in small batches...our copper collection is no exception, in fact we can't make many at a time. We use C110 copper grade, this grade is 99.9 pure copper. A number of these were released...we did 2 releases in addition to a few custom pieces for our customers. The first release was in the summer of 2021, we named them after the NATO phonetic alphabet, we named them Cx-Alfa, Cx-Bravo through Cx-Zulu.

Prior to 1956 and during World War 2 every Allied military branch had its own words to clearly communicate...

The history of Damascus steel

Damascus steel has a long history...originally it was used for swords and armor during medieval times...the origin of Damascus steel was the middle east, specifically the Islamic blacksmiths. It is unclear if the word Damascus is derived from the city in Syria or if it comes from the word “damas” which means "watered" in Arabic. Both are possible...this type of carbon steel was forged in Damascus but the early patterns on the steel surface were also compared to a "watered" pattern and are sometimes referred to as watered steel.

Regardless this early steel was renowned...

What is Mokume-Gane

We use a lot of exotic material in our custom Cx line of safety razors and Mokume Gane is one of them. If you are looking for a high-quality yet unique Safety razor and love to enjoy a close shave, I thought I would write a blog specific to the material called Mokume Gane. It is pronounced, "Moe-koo-may Gah-nay".

Originally this material was first used in the 17th century in Japan, it was originally used to decorate the Katana swords of the Samurais. Sword-making was...