When did wootz blades stop being made in India?

Atlantia · 17th September 2010, 08:12 PM

Brilliant teamwork gentlemen. The pieces come together and the picture forms.

So is it possible to assign a date to the last manufacture of wootz? Is it possible that the wootz weapons made in the 19thC were made using the last of stockpiled ingots from 150 years earlier? (If wiki for once got something right!)
That would have made for some competition for quality ingots as supplies ran short surely?

17th September 2010, 08:12 PM	#7
Atlantia Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: The Sharp end Posts: 2,928	Brilliant teamwork gentlemen. The pieces come together and the picture forms. So is it possible to assign a date to the last manufacture of wootz? Is it possible that the wootz weapons made in the 19thC were made using the last of stockpiled ingots from 150 years earlier? (If wiki for once got something right!) That would have made for some competition for quality ingots as supplies ran short surely?