this is some top tier educational content right here, thanks a lot to all those whose work made this possible, you all deserve the best.

What the hell.. this deserves to have way more views. Incredible work.

@minerals.arizona

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Thanks for your kind comment. We'll do our best to get it out there.

The vast amount of new knowledge you've shared in those 15 minutes was astounding! This is a criminally under-watched video. Your exposition needs more discussion and shares online and on social media.

@minerals.arizona

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Thank you for the kind words. Feel free to spread the word!

Damascus blades were first manufactured in the Near East from ingots of wootz steel that were imported from Southern India (present day Tamil Nadu and Kerala). The Arabs introduced the wootz steel to Damascus, where a weapons industry thrived.

@abdoexa

9 ай бұрын

yes , Damascus words return to Damascus city in Syria , Damascus swords was made also by Othman century

@hishyamwahab1339

9 ай бұрын

Don't claim too much.. show me where yr blade..my blade.. u can Google keris .. until now we know how to create tht ... But we keep as scret

@shanuyadav7273

7 ай бұрын

Yes thats makes sense since Arab traders settled in southern part of India in 7th century, they exported the wootz steel.

@prodigalfraudaddy

7 ай бұрын

@@shanuyadav7273 not just arab ,,even julis Caesar had an embassy in kerala

Impressive video. Highly informative. I agree with the others on comments, this video deserves a lot more views. Thank you very much👍

This is a very good introduction to the history of Damascus/Wootz steel; however you seem to be following the outdated notion that Damascus steel production was a technology in itself, rather than a happy accident of high quality ores being used in the crucible process (and we must remember that crucible steel of various grades was being commonly produced across the Middle east and Asia across the time period you discuss). Recent scholarship runs largely against the notion that Damascus became a lost technology: rather, it is accepted that the loss of a steady supply of manganese/vanadium rich ores robbed the Indian and Middle-Eastern swordsmiths of their previously high quality raw material. These sword makers did not lose their Damascus/Wootz technology - rather, they never had it in the first place, because, for all their excellence, they had no notion of how carbide-forming elements affected the crucible process. Why their supply dried up is subject to conjecture (perhaps the exhaustion of one or more seams of exceptionally high quality ore), but the fact that most metallurgists today point to manganese and vanadium carbides as the defining feature of the best quality Damascus/Wootz steels does seem to give the lie to the 'lost technology' theory.

@joefish4466

4 ай бұрын

You're minmizing the skill of those making those blades back in the day. All the "Damascus" blades currently available are pattern welded blades, which says a lot. Modern blacksmiths can easily make crucible steel with manganese/vanadium/chromium, but you don't see them turning these things into something resembling the original Damascus blades, which they could sell for far more than the pattern welded stuff they eagerly hock. I think the lost art reflects the loss of the source material AND the subsequent loss of the specific techniques that were used to shape those raw material into the classic Damascus blades.

Thank you for the great and informative video!

@minerals.arizona

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Glad you enjoyed it!

Nice explanation

Wonderful video. Thank you!

@minerals.arizona

8 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@americanwoman6246

4 ай бұрын

​@@minerals.arizonayour channel is awesome!

Did Damascas have more carbon then other steel, but carbon nano tubes kept it from being brittle? Haven't finished watching yet so maybe it says.

We should remember about carbon nanotubes and cementite nanowires in Damascus steel, they are important for it's amazing properties.

It's happened cuz different types of iron.. the best blade mix meteor iron. ... Actually in different part in the world..we ll get different types of iron...

@kencarse3677

7 ай бұрын

Iron is iron no differences. It’s the impurities or additives along with the process that makes the difference

The Damascus steel is Orginally Orginated present day TELEGANA, Hyderabad Region south india, India.

Can't even use actual Damascus steel in the thumbnail of your video? Not even going to bother watching.

my god,, this video is full of misinformation and badly researched history. And by the way, what they are passing as damascus steel images here are actually pattern welded steel examples