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Old 21st February 2016, 10:54 PM   #127
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Originally Posted by ariel
Anosov figured out how to make wootz ingots, but his blades had coarse and simple pattern: he did not know how to forge his material.

And that is the real secret of wootz.
It is a common misconception. There is information that the blades of wootz steel Anosov, very appreciated in the Orient (at local residents).
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