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Old 6th June 2015, 12:31 AM   #14
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Originally Posted by CharlesS
First time I have seen anything like that Gavin. VERY interesting. I wonder if the smith had only a small wootz ingot and decided to use it in that manner???
Gav, lovely sword .
I wonder if all the cold shuts on your example occurred because the smith knew he would lose the wootz pattern if he heated the blade too much, thereby resulting in the aforementioned cold shuts .
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