Wootz - The True Damascus Steel? (thx @Larrin)

[dirc]

Larrin put up this vid, which I enjoyed very much, thx!

... I thought to share it here since many of you are into this ; )

 

[Larrin]

Thanks for sharing it! I think Wootz can be pretty mysterious.

 

[scorpnsnake]

Larrin put up this vid, which I enjoyed very much, thx!

... I thought to share it here since many of you are into this ; )

Too cool! Thank you both.

 

[BJE]

Thanks for sharing

 

[Richard338]

Great video Larrin
Performance potential seems fairly low, but it seems like a good canvas to create some interesting appearances. I'm a little bored with many of the common pattern welds these days and favoring things like cable damascus which sometimes can look a bit like Wootz.
I prefer the appearance to not also have a hamon.

 

[Larrin]

Great video Larrin
Performance potential seems fairly low, but it seems like a good canvas to create some interesting appearances. I'm a little bored with many of the common pattern welds these days and favoring things like cable damascus which sometimes can look a bit like Wootz.
I prefer the appearance to not also have a hamon.

What looks best is definitely highly personal. Not sure Wootz patterns really do it for me but I haven’t spent a lot of time studying them.

 

[Blues]

I really like Al Pendray's work. I was thrilled to pick up a stag / mokume wootz hunter from him years ago at the Guild Show in Orlando.
I sold it to a young pup here a few years back who fell in love with Al's work and I couldn't say no to him.

 

[Gary W. Graley]

I remember, way back at the Ashokan Seminar, when Al Pendray visited and discussed Wootz steel, he was a very soft spoken guy, down to earth, he has since passed away back in 2017, here's a video about Wootz steel

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[Larrin]

Here is another one: