Damascus steel
May 6th 2010 Damascus steel is the stuff of legends: metal plates with lightly different carbon content welded together, folded many times and forged into swords that gave the crusaders a very nasty suprise. Flexible, light and sharp; it was the like the carbon fiber equivalent of steel in those days.
If you're in Damascus and want to take home a unique souvenir, seek out the good stuff. The souks are littere
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