> Barbarrossa said:
>
> > I agree, an homogenous steel blade of that quality would have been
> > expensive, and I would like to know more about the various twisted
> > iron/steel blades and actual damascus. I suspect these have qualities we
> > are
> > not used to in this day and age.
>
> I have a book on bladesmithing that has significant information on making
> them, if you're interested. Pretty interesting stuff, but I never had a
> place to set up a forge and now have too many other hobbies. :)
>
> Mathurin

Cool, if I get my forge up and running again I may contact you, (once I get
the other projects completed:):))

Barbarrossa