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My point is that even if it had one definition originally in modern parlance it can have several overlapping but distinct meanings. So that precisely defining what Damascus steel is can be tricky,...

I thought Wootz steel fit fairly well with the microstructures in historic Damascus steel. Of course it is likely there was confusion between pattern welded steels and wootz steel then as well. So...

You could use such coatings to make it rust resistant in areas other than the edge and make the razor a different color, but you would hone through them and they wouldn't effect the edge.

This does not make sense. Titanium is too soft for good blades, it is strong for its weight but not at all dense so per volume it is weaker than steel by a good margin. And in absolute terms steel...