00:05 The way you pronounced this word sounded to me like DUMBasscus and it cracked me up. I've listened to it a good 20 times now 😂 Informative video also, thanks J.
@@NeevesKnives I've always loved the look of Damascus steel (I'd assume most people do)- but is the timascus better than regular titanium? Like does it make a better blade than just a "straight" titanium blade? (Or Damascus vs. A regular steel blade).. Like does it keep an edge longer/sharper or is stronger/less brittle, or is it basically just an aesthetic thing? I feel like I've heard they are better quality than just a "regular" metal blade. If you touched on that in this video, sorry i forgot. Some beautiful knives though!
I just learned this was possible from a video I saw yesterday, isn't that funny? The Waterjet Channel made a Timascus pizza cutter. Are timascus knives getting big right now or is it just a coincidence? Baader-Meinhof phenomenon I guess. I have always loved the way the titanium oxidizes over time on my ultralight cookware and I have always wanted to try my hand at anodizing. I have to say, the final product of this process looks so incredible. Normally I don't like really flashy knives and I never cared all that much about Damascus steel, I've always been kind of a black powder coat kind of guy, but this just looks so incredible that I actually want one now. If I could get a balisong like this? It might be worth the high price I am sure it will have lol
Lucky titanium can be finished in so many ways to fit your style, and I try to show as much as possible on my channel to fit everyone's style and budget
There’s a new one that includes titanium and NIOBIUM! Crazy! Edit: also because I love demystifying prices, that little sliver of timascus on that bare ti handle probably costs around $20, and the hinderer handle around $100-$150
I just bought my first microtech for me and my girlfriends first as well I've got a spyderco and a Dawson on layaway at my buddies shop already I never knew knives would be so addicting
Yeah because your mom totally knows and understands what Mokumi, mokuti, and timascus are, actually these are known metals for men, and are commonly used to makes men's weddings bands
Damascus steel is steel originating from Damascus, Syria. They had the design of twisting or meshed steel together and that’s how Damascus steel Became famous.
How could you leave out the best part though? We literally d o n o t e v e n k n o w h o w 21st goddamn century. Mars cars. Hologram concerts (HoloJams? js) Supercomputers in every pocket. Brainchips. Brain, face, goddamn penis TRANSPLANTS! Hell, we've been capable of wielding the same power which fuels the fuckmothering STARS for the better part of a century now. And literally immediately weaponized it.. but making pretty knives with kickass perks not found in the modern re-release because we straight up still can't figure out nor reverse engineer HOW some dudes who lived centuries ago pulled it off? Bruh. The modern method is honestly just a cheap imitation cuz a bunch of dead guys straight outsmarted us and THAT is why we still, to this day, put that goddamn respect on that goddamn name. And tbf, it's also a pretty dope name.. "Damascus Steel."
@@SecretSexSkeleton we can make Wootz steel there are guys that can do it by hand. We know exactly how to do it. We just can't guarantee it's how they did it. Don't confuse we don't know how they did it with we can't do it. Really the only secret is that the ore they were working naturally had vanadium in it. Then you just thermo cycle the steel instead of just heat and quench and boom genuine wootz steel.
@@johnh8546 exactly, damascus steel isn’t some magic metal that trumps all and no one knows how to make it. Tbh, we have no need of knowing how to make ‘authentic’ damascus, since pretty much any decent steel nowadays beats it entirely.
@@BiggestG you are correct it isn't magic and at best compares to decent modern steel, but we 100% actually can make it. A technique for creating indistinguishably accurate Wootz steel has been discovered using things available to people hundreds of years ago. Al Pendray working with a college professor who's name I can't remember recreated Wootz steel. Again there is no guarantee they found the exact method used by the ancient craftsman. All they can say is it would have been possible with the technology they had at the time so it very well may be the correct method.
The anodizing comes from the crystallization on the surface, the video was about timascus, and when it's anodized the different layers anodize at different colors
by the way damascus is literally just pattern welded steel. it doesn't have any special properties, and it's not any higher quality than crucible or any high quality steel.
Right, it can be better or it can be worse. It all depends on what the damascus is actually made from. Theres a lot of mysticism around it, but that’s really all there is to it.
Not true, damascus is different steels mixed together, the reason why after etching a pattern comes out is because the different steels etch at a different rate or shade, like the one shown is a powdered 9cr and 440c mix, I personally don't like damascus unless it's done in a powdered form, I've never heard of a damascus from one kind of steel, how would it etch differently to show a pattern, why wouldn't I just get that steel in one billet
Bro literally can't even sneeze without accidentally spitting some kickass knife knowledge you've never even heard before. He has forgotten more about knives than you will ever know about them. Ffs, his parents named him "Neeves Knives" because an old gypsy blacksmith foretold his coming. And you.. JASON. decided to step to him. How'd that go? Shit, I bet yo daddy's name ain't even Ja, witcho foolish ass... sit tf back down, Jason, and think about what you've done.
@@ashleycarey3190 its not particularly lost, many current high grade knives are pretty much same as Damascus, the only difference is much better distribution of minerals and metals, it has been reproduced the loss is not in forging but the mines being depleted
@@ashleycarey3190 it hasn’t been lost, that’s an outright myth, we just don’t use that specific formula for steel because its weaker than the modern day alloys. Not to sound like a gatekeeper or anything, but research beyond the first page that pops up on Google, because sensationalism will always pop up first.
@@FieryCoal that's right Cole, Damascus today is of far far better quality, like damasteel this Damascus is done in powder form to create one solid billet which is superior to other forms of Damascus for many reasons.
They can but when polished well they are pretty scratch resistant, of course it can be scratched if your trying to, but as long as it's polished before anodizing they hold up extremely well
