
Zafirro has launched the world’s most expensive razor, made from iridium and consisting of sapphire blades.
The razors, made from iridium, also have pure platinum screws in addition to sapphire blades, and went on sale this week for a cost of $100,000 per piece.
Iridium is derived from meteorites, and is mainly used by the aerospace industry for components such as rocket engines, where durability is extremely important.


Mexican distiller Hacienda La Capilla, has unveiled a 1.3 litter tequila bottle called “The Diamond Sterling” on Monday.
The bottle, made of 2.3-kilogram layer of platinum and over 4,000 diamonds totaling 328 carats, is valued at around $3.5 million.
The bottle, designed by Fernando Altamirano, was seen during an interview with Reuters television in Mexico City.


Modeled by actress Alicia Witt at Christie’s in London, Chapeau d’Amour—the “hat of love”—was created by celebrity couture designer Louis Mariette in 2004.
Made of woven platinum and covered in stunning diamonds, the hat was inspired by ivy and bluebells.
Valued at $2.7 million, The Chapeau d‘Amour, is currently the most expensive hat ever created.

Stuart Hughes, founder of Goldstriker, has re-created the original iPhone in Platinum.
It took four proficient craftsmen months of detailed intricate work to re-create the original body of the iphone with about 230 grams of pure platinum.
For £24,495 ($38,000), the uniquely designed Platinum & Diamond iPhone 3G certainly flaunts an Apple logo that glitters with 53 diamonds.
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With her length of 162 metres, Dubai is the largest yacht in the world. She was originally commissioned by a Prince from Brunei and she was to be built at Blohm & Voss in co-operation with Lürssen.
When a large part of the hull and superstructure of Project Panhandle/Golden Star was completed, the construction stopped and the unfinished yacht was sold to the ruler of Dubai.
Following the sale, the project was renamed Platinum and transported from Germany to Dubai for completion at the newly formed shipyard, Platinum Yachts.


A sales clerk for Japan’s Takashimaya department store displays a ¥10 million (US$100,000) music CD called â”Woman, Sweet 10 Diamonds,” made with a platinum case and studded with 10 2-carat diamonds, in Tokyo yesterday.
Universal Music unveiled the “world’s most expensive CD,” produced by Universal Music and jeweler Nagahori, for a commemorative album showcasing 18 songs by female vocalists.
Via TaipeiTimes / AFP