Wikipedia: History of Damascus steel

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Changed: 8c8

Recently a metallurgist and a chemist have claimed that they have recreated the process required to create damascus steal, but even they do not understand how it really works. Apparently 1 in 4 batches fail.

Recently a metallurgist and a chemist have claimed that they have recreated the process required to create damascus steel, but even they do not understand how it really works. Apparently 1 in 4 batches fail.

Changed: 10c10

Part of the strength of a blade made from Damascus steel is the repeated flattening and folding. This creates multiple thin layers and apparently aligning the crystalline structure. A similar process is used to forge Japanese katanas.

See pattern welding, sword

	Revision 5 . . (edit) October 4, 2001 2:59 am by NickelKnowledge
	Revision 4 . . October 4, 2001 12:30 am by Anders Torlind [Removing faulty information. See [[pattern welding]]]
	Revision 3 . . October 3, 2001 11:48 pm by The ansible [added bit on folding and flattening the blade]