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Owen forges a modern Damascus knife using a pattern-welding technique practised in the Iron Age. This method, which involves combining different types of steel, was invented to give strength to ...

Blacksmiths and metallurgists in the West have been puzzled for centuries as to how the unique patterns on the famous Damascus steel blades were formed. Different mechanisms for the formation of the ...

Recreating Damascus steel remains a holy grail of materials science. The exact process and alloys used are long ago lost to time. At best, modern steelworking methods are able to produce a rough ...