[MR] Wootz Steel

[David Chessler]

At 12:00 AM 10/4/2007, Phillip Jones wrote:
>Is anyone in the Kingdom making Wootz or crucible, steel?

Wootz steel was made by putting wrought iron into molten cast iron. 
See Alex Bealer, The Art of Blacksmithing. p.38

Wrought iron is no longer commercially available. What passes for 
wrought iron is  low carbon steel. There was a swedish maker and a 
british maker of wrought iron, but, so far as I know, both are no 
longer in the business. In any event, they had not been exporting 
much to the US. And the Euro is now at $1.42 so it would be EXPENSIVE.

Damascus steel was originally an imitation of wootz steel.

Good luck.