Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Indian Crucible Steel vs. Pattern Welding

Jens Nordlunde · 27th October 2015, 10:42 PM

Surely, forging crucible steel at high temperatures would eliminate the pattern and the final product would become "plain"

Yes Ariel, that was what hapened when they took ingots to England, and let thesmiths try to make wootz - it did not work.
Jens

27th October 2015, 10:42 PM	#15
Jens Nordlunde Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Europe Posts: 2,713	Surely, forging crucible steel at high temperatures would eliminate the pattern and the final product would become "plain" Yes Ariel, that was what hapened when they took ingots to England, and let thesmiths try to make wootz - it did not work. Jens