Search:

Mike, would you mind expanding on the visual difference between alloy banding & Wootz. I know steelmaking processes can vary but what about the appearance & actual structure . Very different ?
...

It does kind of look like wootz but is really alloy banding, or grain banding. I bet everyone honing with a microscope is going to go wild looking for this stuff on their blades now. ;)

Now you...