Lion Steel knives, based in Maniago, Italy, are award-winning cutters with style and substance built with Chad Nichols Damascus and other fine blade steels.
Welcome to DAMASCUS STEEL KNIFE HUB, an Online Store Specializing in Top Brand Production Damascus and Single-Steel Knives.
No other blade steel has so intrigued metallurgists, historians and craftsmen as that of original Damascus steel. With a history going back 1700+ years, blades forged of this special crucible steel were the stuff of legend.
Unfortunately, and without a definitive explanation, the production and export to Damascus of the crucible steel ingots from India and Sri Lanka used to forge original Damascus steel blades ceased in the 17th century. The technique for making these remarkable blades was lost as well. Despite numerous studies and experiments undertaken over hundreds of years to determine the exact composition and process used in making this legendary steel, questions remain, and the mystery of original Damascus steel lives on