[TheForge] Wootz Lost?

[Jason Nass]

Mostly because it is pretty well documented already, and I don't deal with
or care about wikipedia as it is a terribly inaccurate source of
information. There are a ton of people making wootz around the country, and
still a lot of it being made by tribal societies. There are several articles
on the rediscovery of true Damascus steel available on the interwebs.
http://www.tms.org/pubs/journals/jom/9809/verhoeven-9809.html is the second
link on google with the search term "damascus steel".

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Why don't you guys contribute this info (with references, preferably) to
Wikipedia?  The article there on Wootz Steel is minimal.

On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 10:48 AM, Jason Nass <me at wargoth.com> wrote:

> Wootz was never lost, it was Damascus that was lost. People seem  confuse
> the 2 constantly. Damascus requires trace amounts of certain minerals,
> primarily tungsten in the woots, this causes a disruption in the normal
> crystal growth which causes the Damascus effect. The most likely reason
for
> the disappearance of true Damascus is the loss of ore sources containing
> the proper ''impuritities''.
>
> Jason Nass
> WRABA, MacTalis Ironworks
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