Nowadays, several different types of steel are referred to as Damascus Steel.

Egg N° 2
65 mm / 500 gr

Egg N° 1
70 mm / 500 gr

For some people, the only authentic Damascus Steel is wootz, a very old type of steel produced by melting a number of different ferrous metals together in a crucible.

But very few people today know how to make wootz.

Damascus Steel was originally produced by using "low furnace steel" - a technique that was used to produce steel from the early iron age until the invention of modern high furnaces.

Egg N° 3
70 mm / 500 gr

Egg N° 4
75 mm / 600 gr

Modern Damascus Steel is produced by forge-welding plates of high and low carbon steel and folding these several times much as one does in producing the flaky pastry used for apple strudel.

Egg N° 5
60 mm / 550 gr

Damascus Steel can also be produced by forge-welding steel wires or chainsaw chains.All these different types of steel have one thing in common: beautiful patterns appear on their surfaces when they are dipped in acid.

Egg N° 6
68 mm / 600 gr

I use all these techniques (except wootz) to produce my Damascus Steel eggs.

My Damascus Steel eggs are magnificent, delicately patterned objects that looks fragile yet are almost indestructible.

They rest on specially designed plastic stands that are themselves fragile and transparent – thus emphasizing the solidity and indestructibility of the eggs themselves.

For me, the most fascinating feature of these objects – the eggs and their stands – is that both are “children of fire".

For me, the most fascinating feature of these objects – the eggs and their stands – is that both are “children of fire".

Yves Pellequer