Another wootz question

[Jeff D]

Originally Posted by ariel

Tough to judge with only hearsay for evidence...

True, but hearsay is a higher power then speculation.

More hearsay; ' Biruni may have been getting his information from another source as well for he goes on to say (in so many words) that, while he is willing to believe that a sword of one type could not be changed into another, the ingredients of the steel could be changed (in the crucible) so as to produce different watered effects, revealed by final polishing.' Pg 173 of Hoyland and Gilmore.

Jeff