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					Originally Posted by tsubame1
					
				 
				By FAAAR a  better idea than mine...      
Strange that no such a smith posts here...  
			
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 Provided we can be certain that the contemporary wootz is identical to the original one, and, as far as I know, this is a very uncertain area. The best reviews  of modern  wootz sound like "... looks very similar in structure and appearance..."
 BTW, in one of your earlier posts there was a picture of a helmet cutting test. Was the helmet real?  Having seen that pic as well as the horror of "Sword testing", I seem to begin changing my opinion about Japanese reverence for their cultural objects 
 
 As for yor drinking taste, I am disappointed...  I am giving you a way out: try Peruvian Pisco: it's their version of Grappa, but the grapes are different. 
 One glass and you look like that...