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Damascus Steel

Damascus Steel. By Seth Willoughby MEEN 3344 Material Science. A Damascus Bladed Knife. What Is Damascus Steel?. Damascus steel is a type of forged steel that combines both low and high carbon steel for both hardness and flexibility.

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Damascus Steel

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  1. Damascus Steel By Seth Willoughby MEEN 3344 Material Science

  2. A Damascus Bladed Knife

  3. What Is Damascus Steel? • Damascus steel is a type of forged steel that combines both low and high carbon steel for both hardness and flexibility. • It is produced by carefully folding and forge welding different types of steel materials on each other and repeated until the desired number of layers is obtained. • Some types of steel used are: 1060, 1084, 1095, 5160, L-6, 15N20, and 9260. • The finished product, when polished, has a wavy line type patterned surface to its appearance due to the different materials used.

  4. Damascus Steel Attributes • Damascus steel has been made for thousands of years by blacksmiths and swordsmiths alike. • It is both hard and flexible, which makes cutting through other material vary easy and its chance of breaking very unlikely. • Its use in cutlery for making durable kitchen knives that can maintain a sharp edge without constant sharpening. • Due to tiny saw-like carbide teeth in the blade it is able to cut even when it feels dull to the touch.

  5. Damascus Steel Downfalls • Making Damascus steel is very time consuming and expensive. • Depending on the number of layers and precision a Damascus steel knife can range anywhere from $50 to $2000 in price.

  6. References • Fenris Forge: Blades and Blacksmithing, http://fenrisforge.com • La Coutelleric de Laguiole, http://www.layole.com/uk/coutellerie/index.php • Wikipedia, Encyclopedia, Damascus Steel: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/damascus_steel

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