Why damascus and not monsteel?

I have been asked over the years why design and handmade Damascus blades instead of plain high carbon steel?

My answer is anyone can make a blade, the one my first knife was out of a rasp file.

Having basic knowledge of forging you can make a knife in no time a little patience lot of frustration and trial and ear. It doesn't take much to make a monosteel knife. However to make a damascus knife takes skill time and patience. Though I make it look it easy. Show like forged in fire make it look simple there is a lot that goes into it.

For every blade that I have on my tables at shows or custom orders there is about 5 to 10 that get thrown out because they have desalination or that split apart.

Making Each different pattern it self takes even more skills. 

Aside from its beautiful acetic. Depending on the steel you use you can get a much sharper edge than you can with high carbon steel or titanium blade. Pattern welding is the oldest form of blade making. The famous Sutton Hoo sword was Pattern welded. Japanese have been making katanas with pattern welding for over 2000 years it is a art as old as time. No 2 damascus swords or blades are identical. Damascus pattern are a true unique one of a kind singular creation much like our finger prints is to us. That's the beauty of Damascus. 

And there is a standard per say of a handful of common damascus patterns such as rain drop, twist or feather or mosaic. But you can go much further and create your own design by simply manipulating and folding the steel. A damascus pattern such as one's I created like dragon scale or reptilian or ocean waves was simply my imagination and manipulation and folding of steel. You can't do that with a piece of 5160 spring steel. With modern technology damascus is not just 1095 and 15 and 20 with today's technology you can use curable steel or powder steel. Exsample m390, Elmax, cts-xhp and cpmx35vn. 

Thing about curable steel is I can add things like molybdenum for extra toughness I can add in vanadium for to add hardening ability and better wear resistance. I can add in manganese that's adds strength wear resistance and better hardening ability. Other things I can do is take high carbon stainless steel make a bilit with it and a low carbon steel making more damascus.

Point being is the artistar is endless with damascus. Where as a piece of w1 or 5160 I'm limited to what I can do. But with damascus the possibility arr endless.