Materials used in medieval pattern welded swords

Roland_M · 1st June 2016, 02:40 PM

"The simple answer is iron and steel"

It is not as simple as you may think, because they had dozens of different types of steel and iron without any industrial standard. The quality of the different types was also very different.

It is also almost impossible to find out more about medieval european steel and iron, because we have no written sources from that period.

Only one country in the world has a complete history of its steel manufacturing, Japan.

1st June 2016, 02:40 PM	#6
Roland_M Member Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Germany Posts: 525	"The simple answer is iron and steel" It is not as simple as you may think, because they had dozens of different types of steel and iron without any industrial standard. The quality of the different types was also very different. It is also almost impossible to find out more about medieval european steel and iron, because we have no written sources from that period. Only one country in the world has a complete history of its steel manufacturing, Japan.