M3 Damascus Steel (Stainless Steel/High Carbon Steel)

Damascus steel is a hot-forged steel used in Middle Eastern sword making from about 1100 to 1700AD. Damascus swords were of legendary sharpness and strength, and were apocryphally claimed to be able to cut through lesser quality European swords and even rock.  Damascus swords often had an obvious patterned texture on their surface due to the high carbon content and the folding and hammering of the blade.  True Damascus is very expensive costing thousands of dollars for a very small amount.  M3 Damascus shares the same visual characteristics as the original for a fraction of the price. We have used High Carbon Steel layered with bright Stainless Steel to create our version of this ancient art. Available in various shapes and sizes this beautiful material will polish to an extremely high gem quality shine or you can be creative and patina with chemical patina agents.

M3 Damascus Steel (Stainless Steel/High Carbon Steel)