eveled
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Well...it's doing the thing Damascus does. (There's a reason it's not a frontline metal anymore.)
Copied from another thread about a delaminated blade.
Allegedly: At one time Damascus or Pattern Welded steel was as good as it gets. A way to stretch premium materials.
Now it is at best art, a way to make pretty patterns in steel. There are much better performing steels. IMHO (like 1095)

My question is why people still think it is desirable in a user.
We wouldn’t accept inclusions, seams, veins, voids, stress risers, or layers in any other material. Yet we are willing to pay extra to get those if it is called “Damascus”?
We are so gullible.