Testing Damasteel - Powder Metallurgy Damascus 

As always, very cool stuff. Thanks for everything you contribute to the knife community.

I just bought both of your books. Thank you so much for sharing such amazing knowledge with us. You're definitely the person I want to learn about knife steel from.

Excellent. Thank you. Do you plan to update your edge retention chart with some of the newer steels since you last composed it?…..It’s the best chart on planet and I use it almost daily….thank you young man!

Fantastic information, I've not ever pulled the trigger on some Damasteel as like you pointed out, its kind of expensive for an experiment. At least they should throw you some for proving out that its worth the money :)

I've been working with metal >50 years, but am relatively new to this topic. I really appreciate your attention to detail. S'pose that makes me a nerd too! 😉

Very informative! Thank you!🤙🏼

Thanks for sharing.

Thanks!

Thanks so much Larrin!

Thank you for the tutorial

Highly informative and truly fascinating. Thank you so much for your contributions to the sciences.

Wery informative! Weiting review for Damacore!

Thank you for perfect video. 👍🇨🇿👏

Please do a video on Woots Damascus!!!

Love me some Damasteel.

Great Video! With the Knowledge of steel that you have, I would be curious about your go-to way of sharpening your knives.

Need them to test sm100 honestly I don’t know why it’s not used much I have one made and it’s great but have really abused it much but from normal use it seems to hold up better than almost well any steel I have had like no chips or denting at all even my 3v knives have some chips very slight but there there

you should really do those tests making ladder patterning with a single steel, but a lower carbide one like AEB-L or even 12c27 that relies more on hardness than carbide content for edge retention. as you noted it doesn't look like you can boost toughness much by layering with a tougher but lower edge retention steel. but if the wavy layering effect can actually increase edge retention as it appeared to in your previous testing, it might be possible to simply increase that attribute alone without affecting toughness. my guess is that steels that rely more on their carbides for edge retention(and I'd put 154cm in that category), won't benefit from it as much as the carbides themselves are already filling that role. on the other hand, I don't see how a single steel would have a difference in hardness between layers.

Dr Thomas ---Can you provide the numbers for Magnacut in regard to toughness, edge retention, and corrosion resistance. Thanks

I've used a couple of different patterns from Damasteel and they both showed those straight layers on either side of the billet like the Hugin pattern. I wonder if it's to do with how they're laying down the powder, or some other constraint with this method of production?

Can you talk about the damacore next?

With regards to the discussion on hold times, that is teh perfect illustration between "science" and "engineering". The science (how things work) may suggest a procedure for the ideal, but engineering has to factor in real world factors, like less than accurate furnace temperature controls. lol

Dude I like you! You’re cool keep up the good work!!!

Things just need to be a bit closer Closer recipe steels or Closer layering I enjoy the esthetics of the damasteel but prefer it to be an outer cladding with a solid core of consistency

Magnacore soon?! :D

I know this isn't related to this video directly but I wanted to ask for your advice. I'm looking for the best possible steel for a fillet knife. I'm getting a bit confused looking at all the options and what not. I was thinking magna cut or maybe s30v, but I'd love to know your opinion. I'm looking for corrosion resistance, edge retention and the ability to flex (I know that has more to do with grind then steel from what I've seen)

Is Damascus steel more for aesthetic what does a better edge

MagnaCut in conjuction with fine tungsten-rhenium-cobalt carbide?

Is thor damasteel just a different pattern?

Yeah. Its crazy how expensive damasteel is. 💀💀💀 As always, thanks for all the work you put into this!

Hey Larrin! Great video and great research for a lot of people to have access to! Question for you, good sir. Do you have any comments/thoughts/tests on the quality of the newest "cheap damascus" by brands like Civivi/Oknife? I personally just got a few of them because I couldn't believe how cheap they were even with "damascus" blades to test myself. I'm so used to warning new knife people away from ebay trash damascus that it is suprising the prices they are offering in general. After a month of use, all i can say is I have been thoroughly impressed with the edge/durability of their steel. I got the baby banter in carbon fiber/damascus. Then wanted it sexier and a bit heavier so i got some black flytanium scales. (Has become my new fidget toy lol) But now I've been finding myself using it just as much if not more than my HQ knives i will rotate through. I'm sure their recipe is very proprietary, so please don't get in trouble with any information you may want to give lol i Think you could do a cool video talking about maybe what has made modern damascus so decent/accessible. From my experience, I'm discovering civivi's has about the same maintenance needed for the edge as like d2 or 20cv. Ive resharpened fully only once, but i hone/strop it every day after use. We could go on for hours about this stuff so hope you can give some insight Keep it up!!

damasteel is one of my favorite steels, and it's good to know that it's a pretty good blade steel despite being a primarily aesthetic choice.

How does MagnaCut damascus smell? Laaaarrin??

Hi Larrin. Your last video about damascus where you found out that damascus does provide a serration effect got me curious with something, specially the 1095 and nickel. As a fan of The Witcher games, silver swords got me curious. They are used against monsters born of magic because they don't take cut damage from common steels. I am sure that many of your Patreons are also fans of the series and they would like to see the performance of a damascus blade of pure silver, specially for a Halloween episode, maybe. The silver blades in the lore of The Witcher are steel core with a thick silver plate of silver by fandom wiki info, but it doesn't specify how it is plated or the specific thickness. Maybe a damascus of common steel and silver would be an actual option? I don't know, but I hpe you find these propositions interesting enough. Thanks for your great work so far!!

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Whats with european steels having X in the name

Rwl34 is not the same as ats 34,or 154cm, rwl34 is the equivalent of 154cpm!

is rwl34 not closer to cpm154 than ats34/154cm? due to the powder metallurgy?

Is Damacore has better toughness than Vanax SC ?

Thanks!