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I just checked with Mike, and true wootz costs about 100$ per inch. Sadly, there are many disreputable sellers on the internet who call their stuff wootz and sell it for 20$ per inch.

In any case,...

Some of the old Japanese swords are as good as anything that can be made today. This came from a lifetime of dedication to the art of swordmaking. I remember Mike saying somewhere that the tatara...

Wootz fell out of fashion when the smiths of old couldn't make it anymore. Making wootz is highly dependent on the ores you start with. they have to contain the right combination of trace elements in...