3 The swords of the first millennium AD

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Table of contents iii
3. Introduction v
4. Aknowledgements vii
5. First part : The Blacksmith’s steel spanning four millennia
6. 1 Primitive iron 1
7. 2 Blacksmith steel before the Christian era 19
8. 3 The swords of the first millennium AD 33
9. 4 Did you say Damascus steel, Damascene or damask ? 47
10. 5 From swords to knives 55
11. 6 The swords of the second millennium 63
12. 7 Art and Technology in the third millennium 91
13. Second part : Formation of the damask pattern
14. 8 Understanding steels 125
15. 9 Pattern-welding 159
16. 10 Moire pattern in wootz type, high carbon steels 169
17. 11 Alignments in medium carbon steels 189
18. 12 References 203
19. 13 Index 211