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ysforge

ysforge

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I've finally discovered who it was that invented damascus... just ask him!


Mr. Tadashiro invented the Damascus metal process which consists of nickel and stainless steel forge welded by hand into multiple thin layers to create the Damascus pattern.
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This is on Japan woodworker site, and the whole page can be viewed here: 5.5" knife

So there you have it, no more wondering, this is the guy :)

Tony
 
that guy would have to be like 8000 years old.. lol to have invented damascus steel
 
I'm thinking that must be some sort of language barrier thing.

If not, well then, it's just a load of crap :)

-Nick-
 
It doesn't say he invented Damascus.It says he invented the damascus metal PROCESS of hand welding stainless to nickel.
 
Boy what a disappointment, I throught it was invented by a guy that lived in Damascus, Missouri. O well, life is just full of it or them or whatever. :D :D . I'm going to start calling mine Kaisermascus, only available from a barefooted hillybilly here in central U.S.A :p :D

Bill
 
For 8,000 years damascus have I been making. Train knifemakers for that long and not so good you will look, too. (to be read in the voice of Yoda).
 
He states that all of his KD30 series of Kitchen knives are strictly made by hand, and no two blades are exactly the same

I'm sure Glad to hear that... :)


damascus metal process of hand welding stainless to nickel
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I'm Purtty sure
that wan't done 8000 years ago :confused:
 
Dan, we metallurgists did invent stainless steel 8000 years ago but the public just wasn't ready for it !!!.....Bill , it was near me in Damascus PA !
 
I didn't know the city of Damascus was in Japan. I always learn things on BF.
 
All this time I thought it was invented by my wife, when she would yell at me in the forge; Fred, you damn ass, you cuss an awful lot when you grind your fingers. I stand corrected. I'll let her know. Fred
 
jeez, you stickler, maybe it was 7,995 years ago, but what's 5 years between friends? :rolleyes:

Reading the site, some of these guys say they've invented their own steels too, I'm not sure, they all use the same terms for the different steels, I iagine that "blue" or "white" is a hitachi steel designation, not sure though.

Tony
 
ysforge said:
jeez, you stickler, maybe it was 7,995 years ago, but what's 5 years between friends? :rolleyes:

Reading the site, some of these guys say they've invented their own steels too, I'm not sure, they all use the same terms for the different steels, I iagine that "blue" or "white" is a hitachi steel designation, not sure though.

Tony
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Not really the designation but common name. Aogami means blue (or green) paper, gingami means silver paper and shirogami is white paper. These refer to the color of the paper that Haitachi packages the steel in. AFAIK, the silver is a stainless knife steel similar to ATS 34 with more chrome and less molly. The others are listed here http://www.hidatool.com/woodpage/wb.html

Damascus is just a patterned steel that got the name because the patterns resemble those in damacine cloth. The kind used in Japanese knives is called ink pattern damascus (suminagashi... something like ink, sink, drawing paper?) because the pattern looks like when you float ink on water and dip a sheet of paper in it. Wootz is the famed Indian steel also known as "true damascus"
Here's an interesting article on that http://www.tms.org/pubs/journals/JOM/9809/Verhoeven-9809.html
 
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