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DAMASCUS STEEL | BYJAMESMORGANAYRES
ALL IMAGES BY ML AYRES
MORE THAN
JUST A PRETTY BLADE
The author could feel the edge of
the Damascus Chris Reeve Sebenza
hit the tie, then nothing—just a
cleanly severed tie.
AQUADOFTHELATESTFACTORYDAMASCUS
FOLDERS PUT THE METAL TO THE MEDIA
amascus steel has been legend- Today you can have various kinds of ties, rubber hoses, rope and cardboard.
ary for centuries, mysterious damascus in folding knives you carry Honoring the legend we did the ancient
Das to its origin and with stories daily. Recently my team and I did a test, cutting a silk scarf, though hang-
about its almost magical performance. performance review of four of the lat- ing free rather than falling in midair.
One of the tests done in ancient times, est factory folders sporting damascus We also cut a silk tie in two ways. The
according to legend, was to cut a silk blades. first was with it held firmly, as if it
scarf falling in midair, a cut that is very Since we were testing damascus were caught in a car door and maybe
difficult to achieve with even the finest knives we decided to do something dragging the wearer. The second was
modern knife. different than woodwork, cutting zip simple flat cuts.
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