| Damascus Steel, or Damast Steel (as it is | | | | the Damascus or Wootz Steel was lost. |
| sometimes called), was first forged in the Middle | | | | Till today the exact recipe of the metals used to |
| East region between 1100 and 1700AD. | | | | create the Damast Ingots that were used for |
| It was originally used to make swords' and | | | | forging the historical knives is unknown. |
| daggers' blades. | | | | Today the term Damascus or Damast is used for |
| It is thought that the Damascus steel, originally | | | | blades with a visible grain pattern. |
| called Wootz steel, originated in Sri Lanka and | | | | It is a blade formed of Steel, Cadmium, Carbon |
| India around the 3rd century. | | | | and Iron (and other elements as Chromium and |
| Later on it was discovered that it actually | | | | Vanadium and so on...). |
| originated in China before the new era, about | | | | There are copies of blades formed with visible |
| 300BC. | | | | patterns, but they are etched on the metal |
| It was then brought as ingots (Steel blocks) to | | | | instead of forge layering for strength and flexibility |
| the middle east and formed into blades and | | | | of the blade. |
| swords. | | | | The real Damascus Blades are forged and folded |
| The characteristics of the Damascus Steel in the | | | | and the steel is grinded and polished specifically to |
| blades, made them so hard, that they would cut | | | | expose the layers of Iron in the steel blade. |
| through the weaker European metal blades of the | | | | Today most Damascus Steel blades are used in |
| time, making them very valuable. | | | | kitchen knives and Chef Knives, and some in |
| Around the 17th century, the technique of forging | | | | pocket knives. |