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				Location: Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin 
				
				
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			I agree with the age estimate and mechanical pattern-welding, but it is a ladder pattern. There are but a few ways to make this effect and there is overlap between this and the wootz laddering technique. 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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