National Geographics Article on Damascus Steel

[Jeff Pringle]

If you liked reading that, the articles it is based on are also out there in google-land, the nano-wire here;
A. A. Levin et al.: Microstructure of a genuine Damascus saber (2005)

…and the nanotube here:
Carbon nanotubes in an ancient Damascus saber NATURE|Vol 444|16 November 2006


The blade they are studying is one that has previously been looked at, and an image of the blade is included in this article:
J.D. Verhoeven, A.H. Pendray, and W.E. Dauksch:
The Key Role of Impurities in Ancient Damascus Steel Blades

(#10 is the bottom one here, I believe: Fig. 2 )

…and a pdf of the original 1924 look at that blade, comparing it and other wootz swords to a solingen saber can be found here:
B. ZSCHOKKE Du damassé et des lames de damas