Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - casting of sword blades in the 19th century

urbanspaceman · 5th April 2022, 07:23 PM

I can't quote figures here but I can say that the iron in the Wupper Valley had a very high Manganese content which reputedly accounted for some of the reason for fine blades.
I notice that the WS manganese content is very low compared to the rest of the steels.
Did Solingen eventually need to import their ore?
Does anyone know if the Danemora iron had high manganese?

5th April 2022, 07:23 PM	#10
urbanspaceman Member Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: Tyneside. North-East England Posts: 566	Manganese I can't quote figures here but I can say that the iron in the Wupper Valley had a very high Manganese content which reputedly accounted for some of the reason for fine blades. I notice that the WS manganese content is very low compared to the rest of the steels. Did Solingen eventually need to import their ore? Does anyone know if the Danemora iron had high manganese?