Found a short but very informative intro to wootz and damascus steel and I thought you might want to read it too.
http://bronksknifeworks.com/historical.htm
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Found a short but very informative intro to wootz and damascus steel and I thought you might want to read it too.
http://bronksknifeworks.com/historical.htm
And somemore by Verhoeven: http://www.tms.org/pubs/journals/JOM...even-9809.html
Wow, thanks guys, good reading!
Yeah I had read that one too. That one gets really into it but I thought I would give a quick primer since there has been alot of wootz talk lately. I do like that article, especially for the pictures.