Mosaic damascus?

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Mosaic damascus seems to be popular among many skilled blade smiths lately. That make me curious what qualifies damascus "mosaic" ? as all of them are patterned weld... because it require steel powder or something?

And what is the pro/cons of mosaic damascus? will it retained mechanical properties of precursor steel like normal damascus? (if both are properly done ofcourse)
 
Mosaic Damascus is kind of a catch all phrase that describes the more complicated patterns.

Basically you set up a pattern in the billet that runs the length of the material. Then you cut it up in little sections, turn them sideways, then re-weld them so that the end grain is showing.

Imagine you have a length of 2x4 and you decided that you loved the end grain, and you wanted to make a table out of it. So you slice it into little 2x4x1 inch chunks. Then glued them all together in a big rectangle for your table top. You would have a mosaic table!

Like this cutting board.
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A real con is it often can't be forged once the bar is made. Forging will distort or destroy the pattern. It also can open up cracks between the hundreds of joints in the billet. I don't know if anyone has tested it, but I suspect it is lower in bend tolerance without breaking, as it is essentially end grain.
 
Since you mentioned the ICCE show:
I just got off the phone with Spencer at Evenheat. They are thinking of running over to ICCE with their salt pots. The low temp salt pot control software isn't ready yet, but should be available by the end of the year. Even if you buy a pot now, you can swap out the board for the low-temp one when they are ready.
 
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