Hello,
I was wondering if anyone else has looked at the January 2001 issue of Scientific American, on page 74 there is an article by John D. Verhoven and Alfred H. Pendray on manufacturing so-called "wootz" damascus, which he claims is a lost technique of muslim bladesmiths(p 75), and also a superior form of damascus over what you can get now, which he calls Welded Damascus.
I won't transcribe the process since its pretty long and Sci American is a common enough publication. What I'd like to know is 1.) Do we know who these guys are? 2.) Does what they say seem valid to you knifemakers? 3.) If (2) is true, when are we going to start seeing this hip new damascus on the market? Given, though, they leave out some crucial information in the article, most likely they are looking for a patent of some sort.
hvas
I was wondering if anyone else has looked at the January 2001 issue of Scientific American, on page 74 there is an article by John D. Verhoven and Alfred H. Pendray on manufacturing so-called "wootz" damascus, which he claims is a lost technique of muslim bladesmiths(p 75), and also a superior form of damascus over what you can get now, which he calls Welded Damascus.
I won't transcribe the process since its pretty long and Sci American is a common enough publication. What I'd like to know is 1.) Do we know who these guys are? 2.) Does what they say seem valid to you knifemakers? 3.) If (2) is true, when are we going to start seeing this hip new damascus on the market? Given, though, they leave out some crucial information in the article, most likely they are looking for a patent of some sort.
hvas
