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To: Sacajaweau
1. Recipe for gunpowder

2. Handbook/methods for steelmaking

2. Mechanical specs for making handguns and/or rifles.

15 posted on 10/14/2012 8:13:45 AM PDT by FairWitness (Everything is easy, once you've done it once)
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To: FairWitness

2. Handbook/methods for steelmaking

Did you happen to watch Nova this week. Fascinating show about the Ulfberht sword, make around 900-1000 AD.

Made out of steel, the quality of which was not seen again for 1000 years.

Guy from Wisconsin figured out how they did it and recreated the sword. Smelted his own steel from iron ore, forged it, even did the inlaid name Ulfberht.


45 posted on 10/14/2012 8:25:43 AM PDT by DManA
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