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Ok- facts about titanium from a guy that sells knives-
the sharper thing is, as far as I am aware, Bullshit- the only way for it to be sharper is for it to have a smaller crystaline structure at a molecular level, which, i belive, it does not- Glass and obsidian make a far sharper edge than steel can be sharpened to- a knife mag ran pics with some ungodly magnification to prove it a few years back
titanium is NOT harder than steel- PERIOD steel has a far higher rockwell hardness (steel hardness is measured on the rockwell C scale- by this measure average knives rate around 55, while titanium Beta alloy is about 44) than titanium- titanium IS far more wear resistant than steel- ie a titanium blade will stay sharp for much longer that steel as long as you do not try to cut something harder with it-
Finaly there is a treatment being done to some knives where the blade is coated in titanium nitride- this pushes the surface rockwell to around 70 and makes it rust proof (this is the gold stuff you see on the end of some expensive drill bits)
I have not seen the comercial- but it seems that if they are using real knife grade titanium the razor should stay sharp quite a bit longer- ditto if they coat the blade w/ titanium nitride BUT IT IS NOT ANY SHARPER- sorry, stupid add guys piss me off- why not just say- stays sharp longer?
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