2019年10月21日 · I am new to making Damascus blades. 15N20 seams to be the desired steel for the silver appearance in the Damascus pattern. Other carbon steels such as 1080/1084, O1, W1, 1095 are all listed as good steal to partner with 15N20. Looking thru the knife blade material suppliers shows various thicknes...

2024年11月3日 · "Real" or modern damascus is made with known steels and often fetches a $200-$500 dollar premium. There are two common types of modern damascus, high carbon and stainless. High carbon damascus is often made with a 10XX series steel (1084, 1095) or a high carbon alternative. The high carbon steel is paired with a steel high in nickel like 15N20.

2021年2月28日 · Im very new at knifemaking but recently i got a premade damascus knife blade as a bday gift. The blade looked kinda dirty, and the pattern kinda dull. So, i started by polishing it with a dremel which made the upper steel really shiny. However the bottom steel looked kinda beige/light grey so i decided to etch it in coffee to darken it.

2011年1月21日 · As my friend and sometimes mentor Randal Graham used to say, "5160 and anything is crap damascus, I don't care who says otherwise." Everything Peter said above is true. The older books specify 1095 and pure nickel (which is not hardenable but prevents carbon migration) or 1095 and A203E, a low-carbon steel with a lot of nickel.

2011年10月5日 · pros: the look. cons: eventually you will get into the nature stone sharpening to get the most out of the contrast of steel, again its the look. and nature stones are much harder to find a right way to get into it. but once you get into it, its endless. you will throw your chosera/sharpton away right away. and for the nature stone, sky is your limit.

2009年3月30日 · Hello, I finally got around to using some nice 15n20 and 1095 for a damascus billet the other day and when I etched it I was a little disappointed in how the black color of the 1095 just washed away when I cleaned off the rest of the Ferric Chloride (1-4 ratio at room temp).

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2015年3月4日 · But Damascus from a good US company, using a good brand of steel, or from reputable Custom makers etc, is usually pretty high grade, using good mono steels to make it up... Even the overseas pakistan/india/ china etc imported damascus blades made from common blends of good steels, like 1095/5160, or 1095/1075 mixes can be junk knives too ...

2005年9月30日 · I talked with someone at a show once that had differant shades of blue and gold in thier damascus. They said that they used nitra blue. Which you can get anything from yellow to dark blue with, depending on the temp you used. They had the blade with the carbon steel being a bright peacock blue and the 15N20 turned gold at about the same temp.

2017年4月14日 · On the other hand a modern Damascus like the Damasteel ds93x would rank itself amongst the best performance steel knives available. So as a conclusion the comparison depends a lot of the damascus/non damascus steel type and the desired blade properties. I really hope i could help a little here. All and only the best, God bless, Bogdan