To manufacture such a razor blade, a nanocrystalline diamond coating is first applied to a carbide blade, then the minute, jewelled layers are polished by an innovative plasma sharpening process ...

For the last few months, Andre Flöter has been shaving with a diamond-tipped razor blade. Cutting edge: These photos show the stages in which GFD, a German company, takes a carbide blade ...

In the 1980s, German company GFD (Gesellschaft fuer Diamantprodukte) began using a new method to create diamonds in the thinnest of layers artificially at a reasonable cost. In a technological ...