Quote:
|
Originally Posted by mariusgmioc
Very interesting. Thank you!
But actually this steel could have existed much earlier, maybe with small variations, only it was not analysed and documented.
It was only with Industrial Revolution that steels have started to be studied systematically. Prior to that it was only empirical study by trial and error.
After all, every 16th century rapier blade is a spring... but not even its maker knew its composition.
|
I very much doubt that the iron ores used to make bloomery iron would have contained the alloying elements required by the 5160 standard.
Cheers
Chris
4th March 2020, 03:37 AM
Hybrid Mode
