True Combat Value of Wootz

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Originally Posted by tsubame1

By FAAAR a better idea than mine...

Strange that no such a smith posts here...

Provided we can be certain that the contemporary wootz is identical to the original one, and, as far as I know, this is a very uncertain area. The best reviews of modern wootz sound like "... looks very similar in structure and appearance..."
BTW, in one of your earlier posts there was a picture of a helmet cutting test. Was the helmet real? Having seen that pic as well as the horror of "Sword testing", I seem to begin changing my opinion about Japanese reverence for their cultural objects
As for yor drinking taste, I am disappointed... I am giving you a way out: try Peruvian Pisco: it's their version of Grappa, but the grapes are different.
One glass and you look like that...