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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.
The image, (shot on transparency film and a soft looking scan) was made in a very crowded street in Old Damascus, actually the beginning of the Biblical Street Called Straight, the school bus was stuck in the morning traffic and car horns were blaring, as I spotted the kids in the window, I was jostled and jogged as I stopped to shoot, for only a brief moment time stopped and I didn’t notice the chaos, only the moment.
Despite everything that followed and continues to blight the country I will always remember the humanity and moments like this, the many moments that made it very easy for me to live there for so long.
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John Wreford is a freelance photographer based in Turkey
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!!
Had a day trip to Qara' about 90 Km north of Damascus for work reasons. On the way back we had a chance to drive up the mountain(was told about 1,000++m above the sea level) and enjoying the view of the cities nearby from the mountain. This one was taken from the place called Yabruk about 70 km North of Damascus and 20 Km south of Qara' ( our final destination). I did not carry my Dslr camera so have to shoot using my pocket Digital camera.
Location : Yabruk, 70Km North of Damascus, Syria
The venerable Swiss SLM loco heads a special train towards Ein Al Fejeh out of the Damascus suburbs.
Almost my first shot of the trip and I slipped on a polished tiled floor, broke my fall with the second camera body - and that was the end of that. From then on, I was having to change lenses far too often - never good in dusty desert conditions.
Syria. October 2007. © David Hill
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.
Between Al Merjeh and Souq Sarojja, there is an open space where a big mural/fabric billboard was put up. I guess the message of the billboard is apparently about 'peace'.
As most of the family having their picnic along the highways green areas, parks and gardens, it seems that the guys prefer to relax at these kind of places.
Location : Damascus, Syria