tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4165072780025398436.post4503419030761368639..comments2021-08-21T22:06:30.136-07:00Comments on Dust of the Dust: Knives for showJoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06393778399567387974noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4165072780025398436.post-9252525639429477142012-11-28T11:57:56.704-08:002012-11-28T11:57:56.704-08:00Not true Martin, google wootz steel (the name used...Not true Martin, google wootz steel (the name used for original dmascas) and you will see there are a number of modern bladesmiths that have duplicated and exceeded the original steel.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4165072780025398436.post-49078370542488742562010-09-18T11:33:02.680-07:002010-09-18T11:33:02.680-07:00That is a very beautiful knife. The pattern on the...That is a very beautiful knife. The pattern on the brushed Vanadium is known in western blade culture as 'Damscene' after the vaunted quality of steel produced in Damascus from the 12th century to the end of the 17th century. <br>Unfortunately this technique that displayed the different graining of the steel while producing steel of unparallelled strength has since been lost, and even with modern technology we are unable to match it in terms of tensile strength, though Vanadium and Carbon are now added to steel mixtures, and do produce remarkable steel, we are still unable to match this lost art. Unfortunately, as with Samurai blades, steel mixtures were jealously guarded and passed from father to son in Master sword and knife producers and inevitably recipes and processes were lost when sudden death or social upheaval severed the generational process,Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12146641466023561580noreply@blogger.com