Has anyone ever made a trophy set of tools made out of Damascus steel just to hang on a wall to look nice?

Sure, and I make jewelry out the scraps.  I've seen small boxes, hinges, pulls, buckles, even a sculpture of a turtle about the size of a large wok.  Anything you can make out of steel, you can make out of Damascus.  What did you have in mind?

 

Geoff

I would love to make a damascus hammer. (no folding, just weld, cut, stack, weld, repeat)

 

I would use it too :D

Sure look in the gallery to see a few. I keep the 2# hammer for laughs at demo's and faires.

If and when I develop the skill to make damascus, I'd love to make unusual trophy tools like linesmans pliers, spokeshaves, and so forth.  I was talking about it at a block party and a carpenter from down the street said he'd love a carpentry hammer made of damascus steel.

I call all my billets pattern welded...as opposed to damascus which I do not know how to make. And I do pattern each and everyone of them. 

I would love to do some woodworking tools out of Damascus when I get to that point in life.