The post whore thread.

[patrick0685]

thats pretty sweet...

[patrick0685]

the only person that I knew of that made any damascus gun stuff was caspian

wow...ill have to google it here soon

[spyder]

ya, they are pretty sweet, but expensive.

[spyder]

oh look, two more posts left to the new name

[patrick0685]

ya, they are pretty sweet, but expensive.

i could imagine

[patrick0685]

oh look, two more posts left to the new name

one now

[spyder]

one now

i think i have gone done passed it by this post

[BPTactical]

Damascus "knives" are a few different metals mealted toghter and "Bolted" meaning folded then hammered, heated, folded then hammered again! It makes them strong as hell!! The older Samarri?? Spelling?? made their swords this way!

Sorta- "Damascus" steel gets its name from the area it was believed to have been started and became the most refined example of the art. Damascus steels start as a steel bar and are folded and hammer forged upon itself repeatedly. Samurai type steels start out as dead iron and rice charcoal or rice "whips" are added as it is folded and hammer forged to turn the iron to steel. This results in alternating laminates of iron and steel and makes for a ductile alloy that will hold an edge well.
Same basic concept is used for both but the metallurgy is different.
Some of the modern examples of laminates are incredible using various types of cable. Between the twist of the cable and the folding the patterns are unreal.

[spyder]

damnit, I hate it when I can't sleep...

[spyder]

I think it is traditionally called mokume. The metal combining or whatever.