09-30-2012, 02:33 PM
Thanks for the tip, Paul
I found Buchwald's book online for a decent price. And I noticed the chapter on pattern-steel is dated AD 0-600, then a later chapter on Scandinavian steel. Here again, are we looking at pattern-welded steel as "late" in the West, aka post-Pliny, as compared to Central Asia and the East?
I found Buchwald's book online for a decent price. And I noticed the chapter on pattern-steel is dated AD 0-600, then a later chapter on Scandinavian steel. Here again, are we looking at pattern-welded steel as "late" in the West, aka post-Pliny, as compared to Central Asia and the East?
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