{"title":"Shaya Damascus","description":"\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePremium Shaya Damascus Steel for Knife Making – Dragonskin, Nebula \u0026amp; More\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eShaya Damascus by Bertie Rietveld (Shaya Forge) is world-renowned Damascus steel prized by custom knife makers for its breathtaking patterns and superior performance. Hand-forged in South Africa using traditional techniques and a powerful power hammer named “Shaya,” these \u003cstrong\u003eShaya Damascus billets\u003c\/strong\u003e feature iconic designs like \u003cstrong\u003eDragonskin Damascus\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eNebula Damascus\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong\u003eFracture Damascus\u003c\/strong\u003e. Made with high-carbon steel and nickel for exceptional contrast and definition, Shaya Damascus offers outstanding edge retention, toughness, and beauty after etching. Perfect for high-end fixed blades, folders, chef knives, and collector pieces, our \u003cstrong\u003eShaya Damascus knife steel\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003epattern welded Damascus billets\u003c\/strong\u003e deliver the quality and artistry that serious bladesmiths demand. Whether you're searching for \u003cstrong\u003eDragonskin Damascus\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eNebula Damascus billets\u003c\/strong\u003e, or premium \u003cstrong\u003eknife making Damascus\u003c\/strong\u003e, this collection features some of the finest hand-forged Damascus available.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"fracture-damascus-billets-shaya-damascus","title":"Fracture Damascus Billets - Shaya Damascus","description":"\u003cp\u003eBertie Rietveld made his first successful piece of Damascus by hand in 1991. After that first success things started changing rapidly, and as one of the first Damascus makers in South Africa at the time, soon Bertie was producing Damascus steel for the local knifemakers hungry to use this new blade material. As time went by he acquired and built better equipment, and refined the techniques of making laminated steel Damascus. A bit of a milestone was when he acquired Shaya, a 500pd Massey self contained pneumatic power hammer. It took 8 years of toil to get the hammer rebuilt and get it mounted in its own building, as the knifemaking workshop was not ideal for such a large beast. This hammer has proved invaluable in making Damascus of very high quality, and to be honest, if a piece of steel has met the wrath of Shaya, there are no flaws or delaminations, just a perfect weld! In 2000 Bertie started developing his signature Dragonskin Damascus.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOver the years, many, many improvements were introduced to make the steel better, and systems developed that improves quality, but it still remains hugely labour intensive and expensive to make. It is offered for sale in modest quantities, and it takes a fair amount of time to make orders, but at least we can share this beautiful material with other knifemakers. 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