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Title: Damascus stainless steel knife
Post by: amazonjim on July 10, 2015, 09:26:00 AM

I saw one some years ago really liked it, anybody making one.

Title: Re: Damascus stainless steel knife
Post by: gudspelr on July 10, 2015, 10:11:00 PM

There are stainless Damascus knives out there. The difficulty that goes into making Damascus out of stainless alloys, though poses some significant challenges. I think most guys making a knife out of stainless Damascus are buying bar stock and then grinding from there. It's pretty expensive as far as materials go. I won a bar of some good stuff at a show, but it's sitting safely on a shelf until I'm more confident that I won't totally screw it up...

There are some beautiful patterns to be had out there. Not sure if anyone here is using it, though. Good luck in the search.


Jeremy