The export of ingots

Emanuel · 2nd February 2007, 05:16 PM

Hello Jens,

If Sri Lanka also produced crucible steel, would there be examples of kastanes piha kaetta with watered blades? I wasn't aware that these weapons had such steel.
Regards,
Emanuel

Jens Nordlunde · 2nd February 2007, 08:52 PM

Hi Emanuel,

The export of iron, from Sri Lanka and south India is well established, so I don’t see why wootz should not have been used, when making kastanes piha kaetta blades, but I have never seen any – maybe the owners have not tried to have a look, or maybe wootz was not used for these blades, for some reason or other – I really don’t know.

2nd February 2007, 05:16 PM	#1
Emanuel Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,242	Hello Jens, If Sri Lanka also produced crucible steel, would there be examples of kastanes piha kaetta with watered blades? I wasn't aware that these weapons had such steel. Regards, Emanuel

2nd February 2007, 08:52 PM	#2
Jens Nordlunde Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Europe Posts: 2,718	Hi Emanuel, The export of iron, from Sri Lanka and south India is well established, so I don’t see why wootz should not have been used, when making kastanes piha kaetta blades, but I have never seen any – maybe the owners have not tried to have a look, or maybe wootz was not used for these blades, for some reason or other – I really don’t know.