HEAT TREATED? WOOTZ BLADE

[Richard Furrer]

Originally Posted by Gt Obach

Hi

Journal of the history of Arabic science vol 1, 1978 pg 3-30
" Metallographic examination of Two Damascene steel blades
by Jerzy Piaskowski

two swords had strips of carbides in a sorbitic matrix ( sorbite being highly tempered martensite.. )

and theres two more

one study by H. Maryon on a dagger... and another by C. Panseri on 2 swords.
-- both conclude cementite strips in a sorbite matrix


just some reading
Greg

Greg,
I'll re-read those..been years. Got the micrographs handy?

You may wish to have a read here.
http://www.struers.com/resources/ele...474/35art2.pdf

It is important to view the microstructures and see what is there because terms mean different things to different folk....even those that have the parchment.

Sorbite to some means fine lamallar pearlite to others it means tempered martensite. Such is the nature of things.

Just a thought.

Ric