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Originally Posted by Reventlov
...surprising to see this on the Ulfberht sword...
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A big surprise for me as well, though I suspect more will be found as additional collections are surveyed with this technology. My survey was designed to disclose elemental variations associated with pattern-welding and iron inlays and I'll share those findings here in due course.
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Originally Posted by Triarii
...but it reminds me of the Wallace Collection late C14th A460...
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and also A462 in the same collection. I suspect the dating on my example above may range into the first half of the 15th Century. The discovery of the gold traces was indeed a pleasant and thrilling surprise!