Thread: Source for Damascene steel

Originally Posted by Kees

Who is their distributor?

in the Netherlands it's the Gatherwood knife/knifemaking shop. They have some good stuff but are a bit on the pricey side. For less money I'll buy supplies from the states or in Germany.

He's a real nice man other than that though. I talked to him briefly at the Dutch Knife Exhibition.

I just did a price check. Turns out the dutch distributor is around 50% MORE expensive as the american one.

Dutch price: Odin's Eye pattern: 7,20 euro's per CM
American price: Same pattern: +/- $16 per INCH.

Dutch price in inches: 7,2 X 2.5 = 18 euro's= $23.83 US

You can get damascus patterned blanks also at Jantz Catalog Professional Knife Making Supplies

Yeah, difference is though that that's DamaSCUS steel, not DamaSTEEL.

The difference being that the latter is considered stainless.