Kershaw damscus

[CK762]

Not sure where to put this or who may be interested, but, I asked Kershaw specifically about the damascus used for their Bareknuckle and they stated “The Alabama Damascus we use is 416 layers of 4 different types of steel including 4 layers 5160 spring steel, (3) layers 203E low carbon high impact High nickel mild steel alloy, (3) layers 52100 ball bearing steel and (3) layers 15N20 band saw blade material. 13 layers of the 4 types of steel are then forge welded and folded 5 times to achieve 416 layers. Cutting performance will be similar to the carbon steels mentioned above. The HRC is 59-60.”

 

[Andrew George]

That’s awesome. I always figured it was a mild steel with 420HC or something.

 

[Hackenslash]

I have Kershaw Damascus on a Skyline and it’s always performed better than a Skyline with 14C28N.

 

[sgt1372]

Have a pair of PE (silver/black) early 2000 damascus bladed Kershaw Shallots 1840.

Still looking for a pair of composites to join them in the collection but haven't seen hide nor hair of either of them in many years.