Damascus Steel: The Cutting Edge of Medieval Technology 

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What the hell.. this deserves to have way more views. Incredible work.

The vast amount of new knowledge you've shared in those 15 minutes was astounding! This is a criminally under-watched video. Your exposition needs more discussion and shares online and on social media.

Impressive video. Highly informative. I agree with the others on comments, this video deserves a lot more views. Thank you very much👍

Damascus blades were first manufactured in the Near East from ingots of wootz steel that were imported from Southern India (present day Tamil Nadu and Kerala). The Arabs introduced the wootz steel to Damascus, where a weapons industry thrived.

Thankyou really enjoyed that. I have to be honest I hadn't heard of Damascus till say a few year ago when purely by chance I came across the blade maker Sharup on you tube (love watching things being crafted but anway) so yeah looked up the cost of one and hmm yeah. Till 3 weeks ago I was in a gun shop and they had a selection of old damascus 3,5" outdoor knives for want of a better word so bought 2 for lets say dirt cheap took em home sharpened cleaned and dressed them And honestly I cannot stop gazing at the pattern once I start Sorry for the bad grammar and waffling On buy a nice Damascus you wont regret it lol

Thank you for the great and informative video!

This is a very good introduction to the history of Damascus/Wootz steel; however you seem to be following the outdated notion that Damascus steel production was a technology in itself, rather than a happy accident of high quality ores being used in the crucible process (and we must remember that crucible steel of various grades was being commonly produced across the Middle east and Asia across the time period you discuss). Recent scholarship runs largely against the notion that Damascus became a lost technology: rather, it is accepted that the loss of a steady supply of manganese/vanadium rich ores robbed the Indian and Middle-Eastern swordsmiths of their previously high quality raw material. These sword makers did not lose their Damascus/Wootz technology - rather, they never had it in the first place, because, for all their excellence, they had no notion of how carbide-forming elements affected the crucible process. Why their supply dried up is subject to conjecture (perhaps the exhaustion of one or more seams of exceptionally high quality ore), but the fact that most metallurgists today point to manganese and vanadium carbides as the defining feature of the best quality Damascus/Wootz steels does seem to give the lie to the 'lost technology' theory.

Nice explanation

Wonderful video. Thank you!

We should remember about carbon nanotubes and cementite nanowires in Damascus steel, they are important for it's amazing properties.

Words have meaning: Iron DOES rust. A sword will snap, not shatter.

Did Damascas have more carbon then other steel, but carbon nano tubes kept it from being brittle? Haven't finished watching yet so maybe it says.

The Damascus steel is Orginally Orginated present day TELEGANA, Hyderabad Region south india, India.

It's happened cuz different types of iron.. the best blade mix meteor iron. ... Actually in different part in the world..we ll get different types of iron...

Can't even use actual Damascus steel in the thumbnail of your video? Not even going to bother watching.

my god,, this video is full of misinformation and badly researched history. And by the way, what they are passing as damascus steel images here are actually pattern welded steel examples