The patterns on this Iranian Damascus steel sword blade come from high-carbon ... Make it out of something like 1070 steel and it will get hard enough but still flexible enough to not need ...

This is useless for sword steel since the blade would shatter upon impact with a shield or another sword. Wootz, with its especially high carbon content of about 1.5%, should have been useless for ...

Damascus steel—and modern versions of the steelmaking technique—is generally synonymous with artisan forgework. In traditional Japanese sword-making, for example, the steel is repeatedly ...

Making true Damascus steel is a lost art and even the modern version, made using two different grades of steel alloy, involves more art than science. Now researchers are bringing Damascus steel ...

Damascus steel is basically art in a material as the layers get built, this sword is especially awesome because it combines a 93-layer damascus technique in the blade with a twisted grip.

MOULTRIE, Ga., Feb. 17, 2018 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- United Cutlery (UC) – a multi-brand knife, sword and licensed movie replica manufacturer based in southern Georgia – says consumer enthusiasm ...

If you have a passion for swords, samurai, and steel, but no good way to show it on your person, please step this way and have a look at these MUSHA watches. They're made of Damascus steel, and in ...

By contrast the secrets of the Damascus-steel swords favored by Islamic armies were largely lost and remain conjectural. One study claims Damascus steel contained carbon nanotubes—superstrong ...

The problem with steel manufacture is that high carbon contents of 1-2% certainly make the material harder, but also render it brittle. This is useless for sword steel since the blade would shatter ...