Wootz Damascus

Part of the Roselli product range includes highly esteemed knives produced with pattern welded Damascus and Wootz Damascus steel.
With its origin in India and the Middle East, the history of ultra high carbon steel dates back more than 2000 years. The steel itself was produced in India and later became known as Wootz. Crusaders of the Middle Ages were the first Europeans to encounter wootz swords, which they identified with the ancient city of Damascus. The crusaders brought the swords to Western Europe but not the secret of how this steel had been processed into blades. Ever since, European metallurgists aimed at finding out about the technique to reproduce wootz steel but none of the efforts have ever been successful to produce blades with high quaiity damascene patterns.
In the early days of steel forging, the pattern-welded steels were produced by forge welding alternating sheets of high- and low-carbon steels Consuiming process was the only way to provide the steel with sufficient hardness. Because both techniques result in attractive surface patterns, both wootz and pattern welded blades have come to be known as "Damascus", and fine pattern-welded Damascus blades are produced today world-wide.
The technique of producing wootz Damascus is a lost art. However, in a cooperative effort to track down the secret of wootz steel, Roselli now has found a method to display a similar surface pattern on his new steel which is characteristic of Wootz blades. The Roselli Wootz has a attractive surface pattern composed of swirling patterns of etched regions on a dark background Apart from the correct steel composition, the forging operations require proper temperature control .Wootz cuts like UHC-steel - outstanding!

 Available only  to special order.