True Combat Value of Wootz

[Ann Feuerbach]

Originally Posted by Chris Evans

Neither was I aware that they existed until that earlier post by GT Obach and also this paper by Verhoeven and Pendray, available here:
http://met.iisc.ernet.in/~rangu/text.pdf

Sorry to be a pain, but where in the book do they mention a historical crucible steel blade with martensite? I have had a look and can not find it. Plus is GT Orbach's one from replication or an historical object? I remember doing a survey of all known published historical crucible steel objects, and I do not remember any with martensite, but I could have missed it.

Rivkin, As far as I recall, the information of Anasof's experiments, published by Bogachev, does suggest that his processes were comparable to traditional crucible steel ingredients and processes.