Originally Posted By: Doug Mann
I've followed this thread with some interest. I would like to suggest that anyone that is interested in damascus steel try to get hold of a copy of "Damascus Steel" by Manfred Sachse. I am unaware of any book that covers the subject more throughly than this one. The copy that I have belonged to Oscar Gaddy and I purchased it from his wife after he passed away.

I'm not sure whether it is possible to scan and post some of the pictures that are in the book but I believe that the information in this book may clear up some of the questions about damascus manufacture.


Doug,

Please do post some. If any one is looking for this book, it was published in German and English. The English version is difficult to find. There is one up on eBay now.
http://cgi.ebay.com/GERMAN-DAMASCUS-SWOR...8QQcmdZViewItem

I am not connected to this auction.

Pete