Ok, So Damar is just pine pitch glue (Damar Pine) with some combination of charcoal, beeswax, and some other hardening/bonding agent (clay,fiber,etc). That's been helpful reading, thanks. So if I understand this right, Damar and the European cutler's resin were relatively the same in so far as they are all pine pitch glues?
I found the whole process to make pitch glue nicely outlined here:
http://www.survivaltopics.com/surviv...ng-pitch-glue/