Quote Originally Posted by Buddel View Post
There are some reasons. A blank for a pattern welted steel razor is much more expensive than a normal carbon steel blank. Here you can see at Dovo how a normal blank is made: YouTube - Dovo wmv


Such a blank will not cost more than some Euros. A damascus blank is only made for a few razors mostly by hand. If the damascus steel is self made by the blacksmith this process will take some hours. You have also every time the possibility, that the several layers in the steel will reopen and you made only grab. After that you have to forge the steel by hand in the shape. So you have to put much more time in a Damascus razor and you have a greater risk to destroy something in this process.
On a good forged Damascus blank you can see, that the grain of the steel on the shank is more dense than at the blade itself. That is the sign of a forged shank.
http://straightrazorpalace.com/attac...buddel14_1.jpg
If the grain at the whole razor is equal this is a sign for a stock removal made razor.

And not a least the Damascus steel made razors are more rare then the others. Also it is a point of the marketing.