How is damascus steel heat-treated?
You've got this pattern-welded combination of different steels, each of which has a predictable - but different - formula for attaining the properties you desire in a blade.
Do you just follow the formula for one of the constituent steels? Does the mix of steels allow that approach?
Surely, there must be some attempt to harden and temper the damascus blade after forging.
Is damascus heat-treating a science or an art?
You've got this pattern-welded combination of different steels, each of which has a predictable - but different - formula for attaining the properties you desire in a blade.
Do you just follow the formula for one of the constituent steels? Does the mix of steels allow that approach?
Surely, there must be some attempt to harden and temper the damascus blade after forging.
Is damascus heat-treating a science or an art?