Special order
Rare and custom Damascus
Beyond DSC® Carbon and DSC® Inox, BALBACHDAMAST® (opens in a new tab) forges rarer Damascus and composites that aren't steel at all. None of these has a product page here: ask, and we'll check what BALBACHDAMAST® can make for you or what leftovers are around.
Special Damascus
Meteorite Damascus
Not stainless · up to 500 layers
Forged by hand from the iron of true meteorites and tool steel. Made on request.
Tirpitz Damascus
Not stainless · 320 layers
Forged from historic Tirpitz ship steel and tool steel. Made on request.
Leo-Damast®
Not stainless · 320 or 640 layers
Leopard I tank barrel steel welded with tool, roller bearing or cold work steels: 320 layers for Leo I to III, 640 for Leo IV. Stocked here before.
Retired stock →Individual Damascus
Made to order
Damascus made to your requirements, from materials you choose. You can also send your own steel, and BALBACHDAMAST® forges it into a Damascus composite.
Titanium, zirconium, mokume
DSC® titan
Titanium · rust free
Titanium Damascus from two or more titanium grades. Lighter than steel, and heat treatment brings out its colors. Used for rings and jewelry, eyeglass frames, chopsticks and car trim.
DSC® zitan
Titanium + zirconium
Titanium and zirconium Damascus for knife handles, jewelry and watches.
DSC® mokume
Non-ferrous
Mokume made of brass, copper, bronze or nickel silver.
DSC® austenit
Always stainless · not hardenable
Austenitic Damascus that can't be hardened and isn't magnetic. Made for jewelry, watches and decorative work, in torsion and wild patterns.
DSC® inox-s
Stainless · food-safe
Stainless Damascus from two Swedish steels, suitable for contact with food, in roll, herringbone, large rhombi, small roses, wild and torsion patterns.
Damascus rings
Stainless
Rings of stainless Damascus, in layered and torsion patterns.
Damascus for rings and jewelry →
More patterns on request
The eight patterns in the shop are the ones kept in stock. These BALBACHDAMAST® patterns aren't, but you can ask about any of them.
Spirograph
DSC® CARBON FLAT BAR, DSC® INOX ROLLED
Feather
DSC® INOX
Explosion
PAST STOCK
Large rhombi
CARBON, INOX, INOX-S, TITAN AND LEO
Beams
DSC® CARBON
Roll
CARBON, INOX, INOX-S AND TITAN
Masame
DSC® TITAN
How a special order works
Tell us what you're after
- Ask. The material, size, pattern and how much you need.
- We check with the mill. Leftovers on the shelf in Germany, or a new run at BALBACHDAMAST®.
- You decide. You get what's possible, the price and the timing before anything is ordered.