Question on tulwar blade construction - Ethnographic Arms & Armour

18th January 2016, 10:06 PM	#32
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	Very good comment! If I may add something: some wootz ingots were too small to suffice for the entire blade. That' s why we occasionally see scarf-welded long blades composed of two distinct wootz patterns. This is admittedly rare and the previous comment covers 99% of composite cases.

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