Duncan Made Damascus
Ron's knives are available in simple carbon steels for the
purists and also ultra-tough tool steels such as 5160 and
L6.
But Ron is well known for his bold damascus patterns. These
patterns are not achieved by chance. Rather they are carefully
planned and constructed from choice steels. Ron starts with
simple carbon steels such as 1084 and 1095. He then blends
them with tool steels such as L6 and 15N20.
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These steels are welded together to form
a solid billet of blended steels. Of course the process
does not end there. The billet is cut, folded over,
and re-welded.
The process creates patterns that not
only add strength to the finished blade, but beauty
as well.
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Over and over the steel is cut, folded,
welded. In fact the entire process creates from 1,000
to 10,000 layers of steel. This is the same process
used by Japanese swordsmiths for over 500 years.
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Is it worth the effort? Judge for yourself,
but the high demand for Duncan Made Knives ultimately answers
the question.
Another exciting source of damascus is chainsaw
chain.
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Knife Making.
Learn more about Finishing
the Knife.
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