Some Damascus steel info ...

[cmeisenzahl]

I just put a bunch of interested links re: Damascus steel here:

"I remember as a kid my father would tell me about the legendary and supposedly lost art of Damascus steel. It's interested me ever since. In recent years there has been a renewed interest in this steel, and even a more modern stainless version known as 'Damasteel'."
http://amateureconblog.blogspot.com/2006/11/legendary-damascus-steel.html

 

[Keith Montgomery]

Thanks for the links. I'm not sure what to make of the article by Ray Rantanen. I'm not a believer in the "damascus is a better cutter because it produces a saw edge" theory. I also don't believe it self sharpens.