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I'm sorry if I wasn't correct on the the matter, I was going by what I was taught. The blade smith I learned from had a PHD in metallurgy, perhaps what he say was more theory then actuality of how...

Damascus technique got it's rise from poor quality of steels back in the old days. Even smelting wrought iron through charcoal could not impart enough carbon into the metal to give what we would...

No, it shouldn't affect honing unless the types of metals used would affect the honing by themselves. Back to the wood example, the layered bit of wood would be just as easy to cut through with a...

Actually how a craftsman values his work has a lot to do with the price.

In the dark ages the art of Damascus blade forging was lost to the west because no one could afford it anymore. Even Kings...

There are cheap Damascus looking blades, but they are fake. The pattern that is seen is etched onto the surface of the blade and will wear away in time.

The purpose of folding metal is to help...

Damascus blades take much more time and fuel to make then a standard billet and are a higher degree of difficulty so only blade smiths of good experience are best suited to making them.

The...