Pattern welding
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pattern-welding-308-16354689
title:
Pattern welding
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Pattern welding is the practice in sword and knife making of forming a blade of several metal pieces of differing composition that are forge-welded together and twisted and manipulated to form a pattern. Often mistakenly called Damascus steel, blades forged in this manner often display bands of slightly different patterning along their entire length. These bands can be highlighted for cosmetic purposes by proper polishing or acid etching. Pattern welding was an outgrowth of laminated or piled st
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Swordmaking technique
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pattern_welding
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2024-04-01T15:19:34Z
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