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Damascus as used for razors is made of 2 types of high carbon steel (I think Tim Zowada uses O1 and L6).
The folding and etching does not impart magical qualities on the steel, and quality wise,...

So now you know why handsanding a 61 HRC solingen blade takes much longer than handsanding a 59 HRC sheffield wedge :)

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Carbon steel harness is all in the heat treatment.
With excellent HT, a tempered carbon blade will still be 62-63 HRC.

But older sheffield steel was not treated like that, and is...