Dragon Skin Damascus Billets - Shaya Damascus abrasives 15N20 is a high nickel

15N20 is a high nickel alloy most commonly used with 1084 or 1095 to create pattern welded or “Damascus” steel

Chamber measures 2

Rasps vary from 16 3/4" to 19 5/8" long

The 110 Volt

Unveiling the Essence of Historic Stiletto Daggers

Dragon Skin Damascus Billets - Shaya Damascus abrasives 15N20 is a high nickelBertie Rietveld made his first successful piece of Damascus by hand in 1991. After that first success things started changing rapidly, and as one of the first Damascus makers in South Africa at the time, soon Bertie was producing Damascus steel for the local knifemakers hungry to use this new blade material. As time went by he acquired and built better equipment, and refined the techniques of making laminated steel Damascus. A bit of a milestone was