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Traditional Damascus steel, also known as Pattern Weld, Damascene, or Damast, was first produced over two thousand years ago. It has lived in legend and is referred to as the steel of the ancients.
Pattern welding is when different steels are stacked in a pattern into a block or billet, putting them together and holding them with a steel wire until the first weld is in place. The more intricate patterns are often layers of damascus that have been twisted or deformed in some way, cut and stacked in a manner that when welded together gives a very unique pattern to the finished blade.
The pieces are thinned out drastically, and then removed from the furnace where the blacksmith folds the steel over and over; most commonly you will have over 500 layers when the smith is done. The folding and adding of the layers are what makes the steel strong. The whole process is what causes the steel to be as great as it is.
Finally, after the blade of the Damascus knives are shaped, they are placed back into the furnace until it reaches a temperature of 1500 degrees. It is removed and is quenched in oil. The blade then needs to be tempered so it is heated back to 425 degrees for about 2 hours. After it cools, it is sanded with fine sandpaper and sharpened. The etching in the blade is done by using a mix of acid and water to eat away the softer metal revealing that Damascus steel look and feel.
Scanned print.
Mamiya 645 ProTL w/ M-S 120 mm/f4 macro.
Oct 10, 2022.
Fomapan 100 in Rodinal 1+100, semistand 1 h.
Printed on Fomatone MG 133, developed in Adox Adotol and toned in somewhat tired Moersch MT2 (carbon toner) 1+25, 10 min.
PS borders.
Japanese Damascus multilayer steel knifes are beautiful, ...and very sharp! :-)
you can see this view from the top of blodan mountain!!
I'm wating For snow, hope it's come early this year!!
Here is the heart of the Old City, that part which contains most of the artifacts of its long history.
I took this shot near the Umayyad Mosque in syria , from my journey 2005.
( How I like snapshots that show the lives of people and their behavior in public places)
هنا هو قلب المدينة القديمة ، ذلك الجزء الذي يحتوي على أكبر تاريخ طويل من الآثار.
اخذت هذه اللقطة بالقرب من الجامع الاموي الكبير في سوريا ، 2005.
صورة كما تُسمى في فروع التصوير
Street Shot
أو
Travel
(كم احب اللقطات التي تظهر فيها حياة الناس وسلوكهم في الاماكن العامة)
وهذه غالباً ما تكون في المحورين الذين ذكرتهم.
Khalid almasoud © All rights reserved.
Analog triptych.
Canon EOS 50E w/ Canon 100 mm/f2.8L IS USM.
Kodak TMax 400 (@400) 135-36, expired 2014.
Printed on Fotokemika Varycon PE 18x24 cm and developed in Ilford MG 1+9.
Untoned.
PS border.
Discovered that one of my chairs had a pattern similar to my Damascus steel knife from Japan :-)
From a slightly damaged neg, street in Damascus. Still 1995. I did not take many pictures there, but somehow I am happy with most of them.
An extremely handsome baker in my opinion! Also in the old city of Damascus. Some people have told me that he is too sophisticated and hence out of place... I a still couldn't resist his charm :)
Walked around ancient area of Damascus, the Masjid Umayyah, Maqams of
hundreds of Sahaba and Tabiin, and here at the Hamidiah Suq with Bazli,
son of Azmil Mustapha.
I had never heard of them before. Apparently this was a one time only reunion for them. At Manitoba Metalfest 2018, Park Theatre, Winnipeg.
The abandoned Houston coin laundry. There is not much left in downtown Damascus but they do have a Dollar General!