Difference between revisions of "Damascus"
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''I made the steel for the Evolution edition.'' ''The steel was sent to Japan for blanking, grinding and heat treating.'' ''The steel was a lamination of W2 and ASTM203E.'' | ''I made the steel for the Evolution edition.'' ''The steel was sent to Japan for blanking, grinding and heat treating.'' ''The steel was a lamination of W2 and ASTM203E.'' | ||
For the Mule team and bone/Ti Delicas, Spyderco utilized a VG-10 core with Damascus outer layer: | |||
''Spyderco’s Damascus is a laminated fifteen-layer steel with a Suminagashi pattern. The Damascus steel is composed of layers of erosive and non-erosive material over a VG-10 core center. The erosive layers are hard martensite stainless steel and the non-erosive layers are anti-corrosion nonferrous metal. These layers block carbon particles in the core from spreading to the outer layers.'' | |||
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Revision as of 01:12, 24 July 2011
Damascus is the generic term for two different types of steel (or sometimes steel and another metal) forged togheter in a special process. The process involves folding the two steels several times and then etching it to bring out the pattern created by the folding. The bladesteel in the C01 Worker from the Evolution edition of workers is a damascus steel made by Tim Zowada.
In his own words:
I made the steel for the Evolution edition. The steel was sent to Japan for blanking, grinding and heat treating. The steel was a lamination of W2 and ASTM203E.
For the Mule team and bone/Ti Delicas, Spyderco utilized a VG-10 core with Damascus outer layer:
Spyderco’s Damascus is a laminated fifteen-layer steel with a Suminagashi pattern. The Damascus steel is composed of layers of erosive and non-erosive material over a VG-10 core center. The erosive layers are hard martensite stainless steel and the non-erosive layers are anti-corrosion nonferrous metal. These layers block carbon particles in the core from spreading to the outer layers.
