[Mercenary]

Originally Posted by ariel

No more fantasies, reliances on "personal logic", poorly translated citations of citations and the rest of pseudo-scientific junk.

Dear Ariel
I totally agree with you. This was enough:

If I had to choose a sword for a battle, my absolute preference would be for a European one rather than Indian. Interestingly, the Indians thought the same: they mass -produced blades with fake European markings as a sign of the highest quality.

In contrast, industrial production of British swords was aimed at (and actually achieved) complete uniformity, solid quality and reliability

The questions have been answered to the satisfaction of every reasonable person and we are just repeating ourselves.