12-03-2015, 05:23 AM
Hi, "M"
I think you'll find pattern welding was common during the late Imperial period. Somewhere here on RAT there's an entire thread on this subject. As Sargent Schultz always said, "I know Nothing. Nothing!" ... about late Roman swords... because I'm a barbarian from the East. By AD 200, pattern welding was "old hat" to the Chinese, they had advanced to folded, and triple-welded, "san-mai" blades (up to 3,000 layers), the best being clay tempered. If the Chinese were this advanced, then the Romans of two centuries later were certainly creating sophisticated blades.
I think you'll find pattern welding was common during the late Imperial period. Somewhere here on RAT there's an entire thread on this subject. As Sargent Schultz always said, "I know Nothing. Nothing!" ... about late Roman swords... because I'm a barbarian from the East. By AD 200, pattern welding was "old hat" to the Chinese, they had advanced to folded, and triple-welded, "san-mai" blades (up to 3,000 layers), the best being clay tempered. If the Chinese were this advanced, then the Romans of two centuries later were certainly creating sophisticated blades.
Alan J. Campbell
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb
