The description doesn't really make sense. Pattern welded steel requires two types of steel, and folding a modern alloy won't result in differential wear/corrosion, so either this is VG10 clad in Damascus (as is typical) or it's VG10 and some other steel, in which case what's the other steel?
FowlerYes. Good catch. Most knives like this, I'm thinking Shun-KAI, Are VG-10 core with another steel laminated around it. Not strictly Patternwelded steel, but it works. I'm interested in the answer.
dtremitNice, thanks, I figured it must be VG10 clad in pattern welded Damascus, but the description really does try to suggest otherwise, especially the bit about the effect on the edge; the description is misleading enough to warrant changing in my opinion.
Namvet71That's called SAN MAI construction.
" refers to a knife, blade or sword that has the hard steel hagane forming the blade's edge, and the iron/stainless forming a jacket on both sides. It is also the term used to refer to the technique used to create these blades "
MarcusKI think you are mixing the two. San mai is the "final" method of constructing the blade. Hard inner core (usually carbon steel but not always) with nicer looking "taco" cladding, many times stainless for looks/ease of care. There could still be many layers within the billets that form the final san mai taco. In fact that is how you get the watermarks/nice patterns on the outside. That's the pattern welding part, NOT the san mai. The san mai only gets you the SINGLE line delineating the different billets.
Here you see a simple san mai with darker carbon steel core.
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Now contrast a san mai knife WITH pattern welding in outer billet (i.e. FAKE Damascus).
" refers to a knife, blade or sword that has the hard steel hagane forming the blade's edge, and the iron/stainless forming a jacket on both sides. It is also the term used to refer to the technique used to create these blades "
Here you see a simple san mai with darker carbon steel core.
Now contrast a san mai knife WITH pattern welding in outer billet (i.e. FAKE Damascus).