The Damascus steel you’ll see in YouTube videos, TV shows, and elsewhere is a steel with complex bands and striations on its surface. It’s often used in knife blades, ...

We’ll never know how closely modern Damascus steel matches up to the ancient original. It’s believed that the stuff inspired Valyrian steel, the rare White Walker-thwarting material from George R.R.

Among the pocket knife cognoscenti, Civivi is generally regarded as an affordable and reliable knife maker, but not exactly a premium one.The Chinese-manufactured brand is, after all, sold at Walmart.