damascus sword?

[Rod]

Yep here I am again......

I think damascus steel is made up of thin layers of steel forged back into a solid piece. Sounds sort of mysterious and oriental in a way.

I note the price of damascus swords is significantly more than the poor old plain steel ones.

Is this a lost art? and worthy of the premium????

(this is my last general question on swords)....... I hope!!!!

Rod

[redcross]

having forged a blade or 2

I will tell you it is a lot of work

and it takes a lot of skill

its an art - and you must pay for good art

I appreciate good damsacus

because I know what it takes to make it

[Guest Rick Research]

Decades of experience and weeks of work to produce... the art, if any glimmer yet remains in an odd corner here or there, is all but gone.

I believe somebody was making Damascus letter openers a few years back...

not much call for sabers any more--let alone ones that cost several months' pay.

[Gustavo]

Decades of experience and weeks of work to produce... the art, if any glimmer yet remains in an odd corner here or there, is all but gone.

I believe somebody was making Damascus letter openers a few years back...

not much call for sabers any more--let alone ones that cost several months' pay.

A couple of the small, family owned sword factories in Toledo, Spain, still make damascus blades. Casa Bermejo, for example, still makes the officer swords for most branches of the US military as well as for a number of other countries (these are not Damascus blades)

[Rod]

Guess I am stating the obvious ( I am always running to catch up with you guys) that every true damascus blade is unique and that is it's intrinsic value...

Certainly not a production line item!!! I get the strong impression I am stepping into a rarified area!!!!

Rod

Edited April 5, 2008 by Rod