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 ...

This project starts with a massive bearing that looks nothing like sword material, but the forge transforms it completely.

Scandinavian metallurgists recreate legendary damascene-patterned steels from atomized metal powders. Damascene steel is an advanced form of blacksmithing recognizable by the decorative pattern on the ...

Knives comes in all shapes and sizes but the sheer variety won’t stop many EDC enthusiasts from the same end: a collection of blades that all look, well … the same. That’s where Damascus comes in. To ...

Metallurgists have puzzled for several centuries as to how the unique patterns on the ancient Damascus blades were formed. Using a modern metallurgical computational software package, the relevant ...