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Old 21st March 2005, 09:24 PM   #1
Jens Nordlunde
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Default South Indian katars
The katar on the picture is from Tanjore. What makes me wonder is, when the Indians exported so many ingots from south India, why were these blades not made of wootz?
Could it be, that the steel was wootz, but was heated so the pattern disappeared, or did they use another kind of steel?
If yes, why when they had plenty of wootz?
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