All of the knives made by ATELIER185 are made from handforged patternwelded damascussteel of the best possible quality and design.
WHAT IS DAMASCUS STEEL?
The forging of Damascussteel is an almost lost art of bladesmithing.
Thanks to programs as “Forged in Fire” this skill of forging is again brought under the attention.
The art of forgewelding damascussteel was practiced by the best swordsmithts around the world since the beginning of the Iron Age.
The most known were the Japanese swordsmiths, but the ancient Viking bladesmiths were also very skilled in this technique.
Damascus steel or pattern welded steel is created by forge welding 2 or more different steel types together.
In this forging process the individual properties of the base materials complement with each other, but the individual character of the different metals do not completely disappear.
WHY USE DAMASCUS STEEL ?
In addition to the highly attractive visual aspect, repeated manual forge welding of the steel has a very reinforcing influence on the internal structure of the steel.
The crystal structure is refined in such a way that it results in a much harder, sharper and tougher knife.
Only by monitoring all the critical factors in each step of the process a product of a very high quality can be made.
The metallurgical structure was examined and approved by Prof. dr. Coudeville of the material lab of the KU Leuven department of Bruges.
HOW DO I USE DAMASCUS STEEL ?
In my forging process I try to obtain a certain random, natural effect in my damascus steel.
I get my inspiration and use the same techniques as used in ancient weapon and tools, mainly Viking blades, but I try to obtain more abstract patterns in my knives using the same ancient techniques.
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