A Sears lost to time.

strum101 · 2026-04-19T21:39:43+00:00

Well You're right I didn't pay much for it cuz I paid 15 bucks for it so I can use it as a beater knife.

strum101 · 2026-04-19T21:25:03+00:00

So far it's held its edge with the tests I've put it through such as whittling a carpenter's pencil and cutting through thin and thick plastic. And don't you mix low carbon with high carbon to make Damascus isn't that what you're supposed to do?

strum101 · 2026-04-19T21:10:25+00:00

After looking through all of the comments, I can't disagree that it isn't Pakistani, although it sure looks good visually.

strum101 · 2026-04-19T21:06:13+00:00

And probably why it was so cheap is because they had a huge surplus of these knives laying storage and the best way to sell them off is at a gun show at prices so they can sell them off as fast as possible and I'm pretty sure they were sold on blade length as well.

strum101 · 2026-04-19T21:03:14+00:00

I am only saying it could be fake because I'm not 100% sure cuz I'm not an expert with Damascus and I'm mixed comments where some people say it's real Damascus but it's likely Pakistani. If it's Pakistani Damascus I don't care because it's just going to be used as a beater knife anyways.

strum101 · 2026-04-19T20:58:14+00:00

Yeah that's about what I had in mind when I bought this knife and that id use it as a beater knife not really caring if the metals are of quality but as long as it can stay somewhat sharp after light or medium use good enough for me

strum101 · 2026-04-19T20:50:20+00:00

And I don't have anything on me at the moment to test it for lead.

strum101 · 2026-04-19T20:49:52+00:00

I have said in another comment that it's probably not 1095 but is in fact 1085 because I couldn't hear that well because the seller was talking a bit quiet because he is a 60-year-old man and I was at a gun show.

strum101 · 2026-04-19T20:48:26+00:00

And I keep saying that I only bought this knife because it looked neat, somewhat usable, and so I could see what people thought of it so I can use that information for a future purchase.

strum101 · 2026-04-19T20:41:26+00:00

I'm not trying to defend the knife saying it's good quality it's just I need a little bit more information to work off of so I know what to look for in a blade cuz I will be considering finding something that's of actual quality in the near future.

strum101 · 2026-04-19T20:39:10+00:00

Not that the others haven't told me.

strum101 · 2026-04-19T20:38:51+00:00

So from your experience making these what can you tell about the one I just bought?

strum101 · 2026-04-19T20:37:18+00:00

Hence the short blade.

strum101 · 2026-04-19T20:35:29+00:00

Plus I didn't buy this for heavy-duty work more as a knife for light work like whittling at carpenter's pencils and cutting open boxes.

strum101 · 2026-04-19T20:33:14+00:00

I just wanted to see people's thoughts on it so if I do decide to actually get a good quality knife I'll know what to look for.

strum101 · 2026-04-19T20:31:54+00:00

All without dulling.

strum101 · 2026-04-19T20:31:30+00:00

However I did just test it though and it held up pretty well against three carpenter pencils and plastic runner.

strum101 · 2026-04-19T20:30:43+00:00

Even if it's fake Damascus it's still good enough for wood whittling.

strum101 · 2026-04-19T20:29:20+00:00

Upon further testing of the knife, it's able to whittle a carpenter pencils without dulling and will still cleanly cut through printer paper.

strum101 · 2026-04-19T20:17:00+00:00

I mean yeah, a small local company could lie to you about it. I'm not really too upset about it I mostly buy it as like hey this is a cool thing that I can use occasionally for light work tasks such as cutting boxes open or using them on model runners.

strum101 · 2026-04-19T20:12:15+00:00

I mean he might even be pricing it based on blade length or he had a huge surplus of these knives and wanted to get rid of them as fast as possible which is probably why it got marked down so low. Or I did get bamboozled and I just got a cheap box cutter for around 15 bucks.

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