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mespilus
Thanks for posting that Damascus steel video.
A quick google brings up:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damascus_steel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wootz_steel
http://www.nytimes.com/1981/09/29/science/the-mystery-of-damascus-steel-appears-solved.html
which seem to suggest that the modern 'Damascus' steel is missing something from the
steel of antiquity.
I'm also certain I've seen a tv documentary on sword making,
where a Brit or European black/bladesmith made a 'samurai' sword
which involved continued beating and folding of a billet of steel
to achieve the 'thousand layer' effect.