"....In a very simple way we wanted to provide a path, a direction, but even to offer, hopefully with sufficient clarity, simple tools of knowledge to help the reader to get closer to, and why not, become a true enthusiast of that magical, mysterious world that is the forging of damascus. This is an ancient and authentic European art with roots here in Bergamo where even today there is still the spirit of the ancient Celtic, Orobi and Longobard peoples who lived here in the past." (Author's note)