[TheForge] Interesting Article

[Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer]

Seemed wrong to me. I'd read that the Wootz came with big, low carbon 
(?) grain structure on the outside surrounding a core of high (?) carbon 
  that had to be forged out , folded and welded repeatedly to produce 
the laminated structure.
  Carbon migration should have equalized in that time, so perhaps the 
alloy content was segregated by the wootz process?...pf

Andy Gladish wrote:
> On Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:12:16 -0700, Washington, Aubrey O. 
> <awashington at ou.edu> wrote:
> 
>> The wootz was folded, but it was a single type of steel. Aubrey
> 
> This is something I've never heard before, and I can't see how it could 
> be possible.
> In order to be folded (i.e. welded), it would have to be heated beyond 
> the working range that would preserve the unique structure of Wootz, 
> wouldn't it?
> 
> Andy G.
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