Quote Originally Posted by tcrideshd View Post
Very cool Bruno , and I mean that both ways ,,,as in hip, and it has a very cooling feeling about it ,, is the O2 steel what we're cutting with or does it mix all the way to the edge? From experience as you well know I've used a couple of your blades(a lot) and the O2 really gives a soft edge. Tc
It mixes all the way to the edge. That is why working with Damascus is a bit harder than workign with plain steel. Because if you are not careful, you can cause it to delaminate and if such a delamination crosses the edge, the razor is toast. And sometimes you don't find this out until the final grinding stage. It is possible to get pinpricks and artefacts in the blade hollow itself an inclusion or discoloration, but those will become invisible in the etching process, and have no influence on the razor.

I have a billet on order of san mai (triple layer steel) with sides of damascus, and a core of plain O2, but it will be a while before I get that.