[Sca-cooks] Damascus Question

[david friedman]

A couple of points:

1. Quibble. "Damascus" actually describes two quite different 
technologies (wootz and mechanical damascus), only one of which fits 
your description.

2. Buying stuff. Elizabeth has long complained that almost all knives 
sold in the SCA are weapons, not tools. One particular sort of knife 
I am familiar with and essentially never see in the society is an 
indo-persian knife called a kard. The small ones are basically 
eating/utility knives, the large ones eating/cooking/weapon, with 
some but not all pretty obviously intended as weapons. They are not 
uncommonly of damascus steel--I have a couple (antiques) that are.

I'm not good at describing objects, but if you have access to Stone's 
Glossary or some other good reference work you can find pictures. I 
think it would be nice to have someone making and selling damascus 
kards in the SCA--and the small ones, with 3"-5" blades, you should 
be able to get down to a price close to the period eating knives out 
of the Museum of London book that a few people make and sell in the 
SCA.
-- 
David/Cariadoc
http://www.daviddfriedman.com/