2001-08-14 17:48:41+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
For Larry, via /., a Chicago Tribune article on recent successful attempts to recreate Damascus steel. John Verhoeven, an Iowa State professor of metallurgy, and Al Pendray, a Florida blacksmith, seem to have figured out the right combinations of steel, carbon and vanadium (the secret ingredient) to build Damascus steel blades on a forge.
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