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Originally Posted by svandamme
Damast steel is also used, outside the English language.
But frankly that probably ain't real Damascus steel as nobody knows for sure how it was made in the old days...
so probably it's a modern attempt to replicate it, but it ain't the real thing.. Like Wiki said, prolly is Pattern welded steel. Or another method.. (pattern welded is the most common method these days).
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iron ore laced with organic material, probably straw, and baked (at really high frickin temps) within a sealed clay shell, like an egg.
to replicate it, steel and iron are forged together and folded. depending on the folding method, different patterns emerge within the striations.