I've used several processes, the iron always stains white. In my previous post about how the layers were arranged in the billet determining what color the spiral riband edge weld was/is based on a comparison between regular Damascus and three-iron Washington, Where the weld stains dark.

Regards
Ken

Last edited by Ken61; 03/09/16 12:37 PM.
I prefer wood to plastic, leather to nylon, waxed cotton to Gore-Tex, and split bamboo to graphite.