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Old 18th August 2021, 07:33 PM   #3
Jim McDougall
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Sorry Keith, I missed that perspective, and had never thought of the quenching step not possibly a factor. One thing I had heard of wootz is that it could be quite brittle if necessary skills or elements were missed.
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