Damascus sources
Rough Draft Site. From information Posted by grandpa meier on November 25, 1998 at 13:58:29: In Reply to: looking for information on mill forged damascus sources posted by Ethesis on November 25, 1998 at 12:40:58:
Known Sources:
- Damastee l-Sweden (double stainless steel powder metallurgy process).
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Devin Tomas - Nevada (double stainless and carbon steels, Hammer welded).
- Herman Schneider - Germany (double stainless, press welded).
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Manfred Sachse - Germany (carbon steel, hammer welded).
- German language web pages only.
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Edwards Damascus - Alabama (carbon steel, hammer welded).
- No web page found
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Tim Zowada - Michigan (carbon steel, hammer welded).
- http://www.unnet.com/homepages/tzowada/Atwork.htm
- prices $7.80 to $33.39 an inch.
- Meier Steel - Illinois (carbon steel, hammer welded and rolling mill welded).
- Sparky
I am going to (slowly) evaluate sources of damascus steel. Obviously the stainless steels have limited uses, but I'm still curious about the others. Damascus is no longer a superior alloy (modern metalurgy has seen to that) but it is extremely aesthetic.
