American Damascus knives are made from Damascus steel, which is distinguished by a special internal structure made from alternating layers of two or several sorts of steel. Individual layers are rigidly connected with one another, most frequently is that the method of so-called blacksmith welding. Damascus knives are usually made with 100-500 layers. With a mixture of varied sorts of steel, we achieve steel, which takes upon the simplest qualities of used steel. Often carbon-rich steel is employed together with softer steel with a lower amount of carbon. Properties of this Damascus knife are hardness and resistance to wear-off also as resistance toward breaking. Excellent properties aren’t the sole advantage of Damascus steel. Knives made from this steel have a gorgeous and ornamental drawing on the blade. Every depiction may be a total original, we might hardly find two identical knives. Damascus knives represent for its owner a high dose of luxury. These luxury knives aren’t the domain of only men, but also a skillful housekeeper can have in her kitchen a whole collection of lovely Damascus knives because of which, cooking is going to be more pleasant to her.