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					Originally Posted by Battara
					
				 
				I guess for my comfort and clarity, keeping Japanese terms for nihonto and the wootz terms for wootz (or pattern weld etc.) is the best way to go........ 
			
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 I fully agree with your suggestion about terminology.
Regarding your second posting: what etching agent were you using?!