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Old 04-06-2025, 06:22 PM
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mkc
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Just as a comment - the blades themselves aren't titanium. The underlying metal is still steel. The blades are coated with a wear layer of titanium nitride. It's harder than regular steel, but it's also incredibly thin. It's usually applied using PVD (physical vapor deposition).

Fun fact - many gold-colored watches are also coated in ti-nitride to make them look gold, but also have much better wear properties.
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