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I'm pretty sure China actually imports most of their steel. Not sure on that one, but I remember hearing on NPR that China imports a lot of steel.

And the price will never ever be cheap either. Theres a lot of labor involved, so if you see cheap damascus, there were corners cut and cutting corners when welding steels is very bad.

I wish I could say that Damascus was a supersteel that held an edge forever and the only disadvantage was the cost. But...

Pattern welded steel is basically an average of the two steels welded...

Damascus is two steels welded together to create a nice pattern when etched. It should be called pattern welded steel, but I suppose Damascus sounds cooler. You get a weld of two steels with...