Bulat blades from Ivan Kirpichev

[zasranec]

and i wanted to know what is the difference between damascus steel and bulat steel

 

[Mark J]

Zasranec: Check the date of the last posts - almost 2.5 years old. You might try emailing or PMing him with your question with better luck.

- Mark

 

[knarfeng]

and i wanted to know what is the difference between damascus steel and bulat steel

Look here for a good explanation:

http://damascus.free.fr/f_damas/quest.htm

 

[zasranec]

thaks lads,ill try to e mail him,and thanks 4 information about damascus...i've bougt a damascus knife,model is called Jashcher (in russian it means the lizard)it wos pretty expensive cause its made in russia...it costed about 200$=( and so the guy that's teachi'n me how to make knives,sayed that it's one of two- or damascus or bulat,but now i understand that theyr the same thing...

 

[knarfeng]

thaks lads,ill try to e mail him,and thanks 4 information about damascus...i've bougt a damascus knife,model is called Jashcher (in russian it means the lizard)it wos pretty expensive cause its made in russia...it costed about 200$=( and so the guy that's teachi'n me how to make knives,sayed that it's one of two- or damascus or bulat,but now i understand that theyr the same thing...

That is not really correct.

"Damascus" is often used to refer to Pattern Welded steel.

"Damascus" is also used to describe steel made by the bulat process.

Bulat steel is not the same as pattern welded damascus. Both are patterned, but the phenomena that produce the patterns are different. The properties of the steels are different also.

 

[Cliff Stamp]

..the method that im used to sharpen knives dont work for bulat

What happens?

-Cliff

 

[Bigfattyt]

Bulat or Wootz damascus steel has bands of carbide particles that are very hard. Likely you would need either a carbide sharpener, or diamond sharpener to make quicker work of it.

I am surprised that there is not more discussion of Wootz (or Bulat) damascus on this forum. Since it has been the holy grail of steel for thousands of years.

 

[micromike123]

Bulat or Wootz damascus steel has bands of carbide particles that are very hard. Likely you would need either a carbide sharpener, or diamond sharpener to make quicker work of it. I am surprised that there is not more discussion of Wootz (or Bulat) damascus on this forum. Since it has been the holy grail of steel for thousands of years.

I would suggest to visit this web site: www.wootz-online.com where one can see a handful of blades made of crucible patterned steel (aka Wootz, aka Bulat, aka "true" Damascus) - all of them were made by the Russian smith Ivan Kirpichev.