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Steel Programs

The steel we build from

Composition, fold count, and hardness range chosen for a specific mechanical outcome, then heat-treated to a tracked, repeatable spec — not eyeballed batch to batch.

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Steel programs running
Close-up of dark mottled pattern-welded Damascus steel
~400 layers (pre-twist)

Turkish Twist Damascus (1080/15N20)

Square 1080/15N20 billets twisted under the power hammer before being forge-welded in pairs, producing a continuous…
Close-up of a Damascus kitchen knife blade with fine wavy pattern
~200 layers

Raindrop Damascus

1084/15N20 forge-welded and punched with a drift bar in a grid, redrawn flat so the disrupted…
Close-up of a forged plain carbon steel bar with oxide finish
N/A — mono-steel

52100 Bearing Steel

A chromium-alloyed bearing steel prized for a rare balance of edge retention and toughness, run mono-steel…
Polished carbon steel blade tip showing a visible hamon temper line
N/A — mono-steel, differentially heat-treated

W2 Hamon Carbon Steel

A single, unlayered high-carbon tool steel, clay-coated and differentially quenched to raise a natural hamon temper…
Close-up of ladder-pattern Damascus steel showing layered grain
~300 layers

Ladder Damascus (1084/15N20)

Alternating 1084 high-carbon and 15N20 nickel steel, forge-welded and folded to roughly 300 layers, cut and…