Hi Rsword
Good points but just because you never saw a wootz Philippine blade doesn't mean one can't possibly exist I will see if ibeam can lend me the knife to bring up to Ashokan so that Dr. Ann can have a closer look at it. Basically wootz is an ultra high carbon steel and it was mentioned railroad tracks as a source of steel? From my readings they are usually contain .70 carbon wootz's carbon content is over 1 percent I doubt that rail tracks would have such a high carbon content? I will give Al Pendray a buzz and have him take a look at it to see what he thinks it is. The blade in question was only about 3/16" thick so it possible it was reworked or ground from a larger sword?
Regards
Lew
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