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From: Ben Greear <greear@cyberhighway.net>
Newsgroups: nu.kanga.list.mud-dev
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 19:23:16 -0700 (MST)
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Organization: Kanga.Nu
On Wed, 11 Nov 1998, Ling wrote:
> nuggets on it to absorb the carbon. Then there's the rather funky
> technique that produces blades that have wavy dark-light bands because the
> blacksmiths varied the carbon content, Damocles blades, I think. This is
> what I like about rpgs, learning random stuff like this!
Just for trivia:
Actually, it's Damascus blades. They are made by layering high
carbon steel which is very hard, but brittle, with softer, more
pliable steel. This ideally yields a blade that will hold an
edge, but that will not shatter if bashed against some poor fool's
noggin!
There's a city over in Turkey (or nearby..forget my geography)
called Damascus... I would hazzard a guess that folks from there
invented it, but I don't really know. Anyone know? Been meaning
to shore up that piece of my trivia knowledge for a while :)
Ben
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> | Ling Lo (cod)
> _O_O_ kllo@iee.org
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