Jonas- What is the reason that you do not say that this knife has a Damasteel blade? This blade becomes much more attractive when I know what the blade is. Telling people that is has a Damascus steel blade is not unlike telling them that a knife has a 440 blade, only less informative.
Pattern welded, not Damascus. The two are not the same thing.
Damascus produces the pattern without needing to pattern weld, it just occurs.
Yes it's pretty, but it's not Damascus
I do feel for ya sometimes formerly Mass Drop, if only the free delivery would sync up for you consistently when you have the lowest price on the market which you seem to here ,$16 below Amazon, $19 below Blade HQ . This damascus option is getting harder to find ,so if you've been eyeing it you may want to grab it ,don't know if they will be restocking these ,and it's still a pretty good deal.
CalaverasgrandeThis one happens to be made in the USA, but a flag and a USA stamp aren't always good enough to assume they are made in the USA. Just a heads up. Lots for Chinese knives will have "USA" on one side of the blade and "made in China" on the other.
massdrop01Not sure about "much higher quality." Civivi's Damascus knives are all made in China. I see nothing about the blade composition on their web site, only an HRC hardness estimate.
I think I'll stick with Alabama Damascus' offerings, myself.
massdrop01Hard to deny the CIVIVI is just killing it right now. They have a lot of really nice knives. I don't know that their damascus is any better quality than others, but if I had a damasteel knife it wouldn't be my hard use knife anyway, would be more for show.
Mrdash007The steel comes from Alabama Damascus. I have no personal experience with it, but folks in knife-making forums speak highly of it, and make some beautiful knives with it.
This knifemaker's page gives a good, basic run-down on the steel; http://www.cartercrafts.com/alabama_damascus.htm