Damasquinados Suarez Reviews

Was there as part of a tour, nothing to see. A a classic tourist tour stop to get you to buy things.

An excellent tourist place where they teach you the work of silver. A place to visit ...

There are many beautiful steel embroidered things, ideal place for souvenirs embroidered on steel

Place of Industry Toledano Weapon is interesting and entertaining

Incredible crafts where many tours arrive, the only problem is that they only charge two people and you can make a huge queue.

Interesting place to visit, you can see the artisans jewelers work and there are nice pieces of cutlery to buy

It was interesting but I was able to see the same in the town. Had 4 levels of craftmanship of jewelry to purchase (master, apprentice, discounted and bargain).

The Damasquinado Suarez store is located in the city of Toledo in Spain and practices the art of damasquinado, which is the ancient way of minting gold to transform metals into unique jewelry and decorative pieces, literally minting and working metals by hand, where very fine threads gold or silver are embedded in reliefs of some metal like steel and iron.
The damasquinado is not a Spanish method, in fact it is much older, as it has already been seen in Egyptian, Greek, Roman and even Japanese and Chinese articles and who brought the technique to Toledo, were the Arab peoples who invaded the region, because Toledo is known as the city of three cultures, Islamic, Christian and Jewish, and so many traces of different arts have been left in the city.
In Europe, Damasquinado was used primarily to decorate weapons and armor and it was only during the Renaissance period that they began to use them more in decorative pieces, crockery, jewelry and safes.
Toledo is also known for being the Spanish city of forges, because another material handled there was steel for swords, armor and shields, the steel of Toledo swords are still differentiated today, as it has a very strong and resistant alloy and its swords they were already considered advanced around 500 BC, including producing swords for the entire Roman kingdom, artisans still produce flexible swords, just like the ones we see in films with Don Quixote, these swords are very famous worldwide because they do not break and they don't lose their thread.
When visiting Toledo, you can pay a visit to some factories in Damasquinado, we stopped at Damasquinado Suarez, after visiting the forge room and the steels used in the manufacture of swords, we went to an area where the damasquinar process is done and there we watched live artisans shaping and decorating the pieces.
It is really a very detailed work where the metal wire is being gently hammered into the steel, forming geometric or floral designs.
The house offers a large store where it has a huge amount of armor, jewelry and swords, there are many pieces, beautiful and of excellent quality, which varies in the price of the pieces, in addition to the gold carat is the degree of difficulty and beauty of the design, of course, the more refined the more expensive it gets, some pieces still carry small precious stones in the middle of the drawings and whoever wants to buy swords, the stores already pack them so that they can be dispatched in flight.
The swords made in Toledo today are well known and famous, not only for their quality and strength, but also because they were produced for several Hollywood films, such as Highlander, Lord of the Rings, Gladiator, 300, The Hobbit and many others, replicas as well are sold and since 2009, carry the Hecho en Toledo seal of authenticity.

very good factory and explanations. original designs and competitive prices

It is interesting They explain to you the Damascus art. You can see good pieces of Toledo steel.

This is terrific, it hurts what the weapons manufacturing part does not show

Nice art, the technique is observed, beautiful samples and with accessible prices.

What a place!
Here you can various pieces of Toledo work being performed.
They sell the usual theatrical swords and things.
The things to buy, in my opinion, are kitchen knives and the like. The steel is actually "Damascus" fantastic quantity at what first might seem expensive. If you take the trouble to see how "Damascus" steel is made then you will realise that the goods are very well priced.
Jewelry is worth a good look at too.

Everything is very fast, you see how the garments are made, that is, the technique.

Beautiful crafted manufacturing work, .... to be seen

Admiration for the damascene, for the handmade cutlery. Spectacular!!!

An example of work ... craftsmanship and craftsmanship

Nice place to observe the damascene process, the artisans are not very open to talk and explain the process, however, you can observe the process they carry out. There you find a shop beautifully decorated with beautifully crafted swords, shields, armor, and accessories. In the store they are more attentive and more willing to collaborate.