Twist is sonetimes referred to as Damascus and I guess that’s not terribly wrong. Damascus, Twist, Laminated, Bernard and a few others are ALL composite steel, as in ‘composed’ of various blades of iron and steel twisted and hammer-welded and wound on a mandrel and hammer-welded into a tube.
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"I'm a Setter man.
Not because I think they're better than the other breeds,
but because I'm a romantic - stuck on tradition - and to me, a Setter just "belongs" in the grouse picture."
George King, "That's Ruff", 2010 - a timeless classic.
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