{"id":328586,"date":"2019-08-24T08:42:20","date_gmt":"2019-08-24T06:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cuchillalia.com\/what-is-damascus-steel\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T13:14:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T11:14:06","slug":"what-is-damascus-steel","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cuchillalia.com\/en\/what-is-damascus-steel\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Damascus steel?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>What is Damascus steel?<\/h1>\n<p>Damascus steel is made by forging layers of different steels, which are folded repeatedly to form the patterns that characterize this steel, as can be seen on the blade of this knife from the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cuchillalia.com\/en\/product-category\/brands\/kai\/shun-damascus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shun Damasco<\/a><\/strong> series by <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cuchillalia.com\/en\/product-category\/brands\/kai\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Japanese knife maker KAI<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-71857 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cuchillalia.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/cuchillalia-kai-shun-damasco-dm-0707-cuchillo-chef-25cm-1024x221.jpg\" alt=\"What is Damascus steel?\" width=\"1024\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cuchillalia.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/cuchillalia-kai-shun-damasco-dm-0707-cuchillo-chef-25cm-1024x221.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cuchillalia.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/cuchillalia-kai-shun-damasco-dm-0707-cuchillo-chef-25cm-200x43.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.cuchillalia.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/cuchillalia-kai-shun-damasco-dm-0707-cuchillo-chef-25cm-566x122.jpg 566w, https:\/\/www.cuchillalia.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/cuchillalia-kai-shun-damasco-dm-0707-cuchillo-chef-25cm-150x32.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.cuchillalia.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/cuchillalia-kai-shun-damasco-dm-0707-cuchillo-chef-25cm-300x65.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cuchillalia.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/cuchillalia-kai-shun-damasco-dm-0707-cuchillo-chef-25cm-768x165.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cuchillalia.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/cuchillalia-kai-shun-damasco-dm-0707-cuchillo-chef-25cm.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a steel highly valued for its beauty, its hardness, and for combining the characteristics of the steels it&#8217;s made from.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re interested in seeing our Damascus steel knives, you can also find them in KAI&#8217;s Shun Premier series, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cuchillalia.com\/en\/product-category\/brands\/tojiro\/\"><strong>knives from manufacturer Tojiro<\/strong><\/a> or from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cuchillalia.com\/en\/product-category\/brands\/miyabi\/\"><strong>Miyabi<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In the following video you can appreciate the beauty of this steel on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cuchillalia.com\/en\/product\/kai-shun-premier-santoku-knife-18-cm-tdm-1702\/\"><strong>KAI Shun Premier TDM-1702 santoku<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"kad-youtube-shortcode videofit\"  ><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/C2SNwROL4GU?autoplay=0&controls=1&fs=1&modestbranding=0&theme=dark&rel=0&loop=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is Damascus steel? 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