I'm re-posting the Keith Kearcher refinished late 1880s Greener G60 which might be 'Silver Steel' (courtesy of Doug Craig)



The difference between Damascus and Laminated is:
1. Higher steel content
2. Better quality steel
3. Fewer twists of the rods
4. The steel and iron is mixed together in a "bloom" which is then welded, pounded, and rolled into rods. The rods are then twisted and wrapped around a mandrel like damascus. Damascus, however, starts with separate thin strips of iron and steel which are twisted and welded together.

The usual laminated pattern is, therefore, an irregular mosaic of iron (black) and steel (silver)



BUT might have a distinctly 'herring-bone' linear pattern

c. 1860s W&C Scott




Last edited by revdocdrew; 10/23/07 08:21 AM.
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