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been making knives for over 20 years now and have never been
a part-time maker. Knifemaking has been my vocation and passion
from the beginning. Throughout my career, I always look for the
best material for the job at hand. I believe I have found this
in Damasteel.
Some years ago, Kaj Embretsen gave me some Damasteel samples
at the East Coast Custom Knife Show. Kaj is a world class bladesmith
from Sweden where the company is based and was part of the Damasteel
equation. He explained the powder metal process and that BOTH
metals are hard after heat treatement. There is no folding and
welding in the Damasteel patented process. This high tech approach
to Damasteel appealed to me.
I used the
samples and liked the steel very much. Sometime later, at a show
in Germany, I bought some new patterns of Damasteel from the
Distributor there, Wolf Borger, who is also a knifemaker. After
making some knives with the new Damasteel patterns I had purchased,
I was hooked.
For the 1995
Art Knife Invitational, I forged 5 billets of Stainless Damascus
and made the "D" lock folder shown here, so I know
the process of the traditional methods: stacking, folding, and
welding, etc. Damasteel is made with powder metal technology
and has no welds as with traditional Damascus steels. Two or
more different metals in powder form are fused together with
heat and pressure. You can get more information on this process
at the Damasteel website at: www.damasteel.se.
I have found
the Damasteel process to be the quickest, cleanest and most reliable
process available. The steels allow for creativity and will still
stand up to the close tolerance work necessary in our field."
Michael
Walker
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