[TheForge] Pattern Welding Billets

[Mike Spencer]

James Binnion <jbin at well.com> wrote:

> Damascus is a particular formula of crucible steel that gets its
> pattern from the heat treatment it goes through during it's smelting
> and cooling. There are only a handful of people who have made any
> modern examples of damascus steel.

Greg Obach would be one of them.  He did a demo for the Maritime
Blacksmith a couple or three years ago.

   http://dark.unitz.ca/~gthomas/myweb4/replication_of_wootz.htm



- Mike

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