Dr Andrew Nyce, a retired metallurgist, and former owner of an R&D company specializing in high performance metals and ceramics, now fashions rings and pendants with Types 304 and 316 stainless steel rods and flat bars. Dr Andrew combines knowledge of modern alloys with a fascination for Damascus steel, an ancient process, originally from India and later widely adopted in the Middle East, for fabricating high carbon steels into swords, knives, tools and the like.