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steel
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steel
an industrial metal.
steel mesh
see surgical mesh.
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Damascus steel or Damascened steel also known as water steel is used in custom knife and sword making, pattern-weld and wootz (true damascus).
Damscus Steel ? Is This Mystical Forging of Custom Swords and Knives ... by Vishy Dadsetan / News, opinion and commentary community
Little wonder some of the details of the Mahabharata have spilled over into the epic next door, along with a veritable arsenal--a thousand years ago, proliferation worries focused on wootz, the exotic weapons-grade steel of indomitable temper that poured out of India into the arras bazaar of Damascus.
Iran's other book by Seitz, Russell / New Criterion
Both centers made swords from wootz steel, a high-carbon alloy originally discovered in India around 500 B.
Classical blather: (S)wordplay by Humez, Nick / Verbatim
 
 
 
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