Quality Damascus knives can cost over $5,000. Their signature swirl pattern comes from layering two different alloys and folding them over each other, sometimes resulting in thousands of layers.

But Civivi has taken a slightly different approach with its Civivi Merit, an upcoming folding knife ... In three of the knife’s four versions (including the Damascus one), the handle scales ...

Our first stop is New Hampshire in the United States, where a master bladesmith has perfected the art of folding thousands of layers of white-hot steel into a Damascus knife. More from So ...