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Bill DeShivs · October 21, 2015, 08:02 PM

Damascus steel is made by forge-welding strips of steel over a mandrel. Each line that you see (and many more you DON'T see) is a weld. There are so many places that corrosion could start, that I won't shoot a damascus gun.

October 21, 2015, 08:02 PM	#13
Bill DeShivs Senior Member Join Date: April 7, 2006 Posts: 10,984	Damascus steel is made by forge-welding strips of steel over a mandrel. Each line that you see (and many more you DON'T see) is a weld. There are so many places that corrosion could start, that I won't shoot a damascus gun. __________________ Bill DeShivs, Master Cutler www.billdeshivs.com