Damascus
steel:
Part of the Roselli product range includes highly esteemed knives produced
with pattern welded Damascus and Wootz Damascus steel.
With its origin in India and the Middle East, the history of ultra
high carbon steel dates back more than 2OOO years. The steel itself
was produced in India and later became known as Wootz. Crusaders of
the Middle Ages were the first Europeans to encounter wootz swords,
which they identified with the ancient city of Damascus. The crusaders
brought the swords to Western Europe but not the secret of how this
steel had been processed into blades. Ever since, European metallurgists
aimed at finding out about the technique to reproduce wootz steel but
none of the efforts have ever been successful to produce blades with
high quaiity damascene patterns.
In the early days of steel forging, the pattern-welded steels were
produced by forge welding alternating sheets of high- and low-carbon
steels Consuiming process was the only way to provide the steel with
sufficient hardness. Because both techniques result in attractive surface
patterns, both wootz and pattern welded blades have come to be known
as "Damascus", and fine pattern-welded Damascus blades are produced
today world-wide.
The technique of producing wootz Damascus is a lost art. However, in
a cooperative effort to track down the secret of wootz steel, Roselli
now has found a method to display a similar surface pattern on his
new steel which is characteristic of Wootz blades. The Roselli Wootz
has a attractive surface pattern composed of swirling patterns of etched
regions on a dark background Apart from the correct steel composition,
the forging operations require proper temperature control .Wootz cuts
like UHC-steel - outstanding!
Damascus products available: Hunting knife,
Grandfather knife and Carpenter knife.
Silver bolsters in Hunting and Grandfather knives.
Curly birch handle.
Knife in a wooden gift box with a diamond sharpener and sharpening instructions.
Roselli Damascus Knives:
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