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Hmmmm....something's not adding up.

While you CAN make damascus with stainless alloys, it's not that common. So to see a blade stamped "stainless steel" and damascus at the same time is odd.

Sorry I can't help more. Perhaps this is a United Cutlery offering? Wouldn't surprise me. :)
 
You're welcome.

I don't believe the blade to be true Damascus (multiple layers of steel welded together and then forged).

My guess/theory would be that they came up with some formula for mixing different types of molten stainless steel into a swirling steel soup, and poured it into blade molds, which produced the "Damascus-like" surface texture. But again, that's just a theory.

I thought maybe the steel pattern had been stamped in, but I looked at a few different Iron Crosses and they all had different patterns.
 
shane45-1911 said:
Hmmmm....something's not adding up.

While you CAN make damascus with stainless alloys, it's not that common. So to see a blade stamped "stainless steel" and damascus at the same time is odd.
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Why would you say that? Lots of damascus kitchen knives are stainless, using steels like AUS8, AUS10, VG10 etc.....
 
The United Cutlery 328 is not real damascus, it is etched. Originally made by the Tak Fukuta factory in Seki, later models were made
in Taiwan.
And yes, lots lots of damascus knives have a stainless core and stainless layers today.
 
Arathol said:
Why would you say that? Lots of damascus kitchen knives are stainless, using steels like AUS8, AUS10, VG10 etc.....
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Simply because of the "cheap" look of that damascus. Once I realized it WAS United Cutlery as I guessed, it all made sense.
 
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