To: Canticle_of_Deborah; blam; SunkenCiv
2 posted on
04/09/2005 1:27:24 AM PDT by
nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
A little known factoid: the steel that was used to make Samurai swords and Damascus steel swords came from India. It was called wootz in English, and ukka in the country of origin, Karnataka.
At the time, the Hindus were the world's masters in making steel and iron.
3 posted on
04/09/2005 1:33:23 AM PDT by
CobaltBlue
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To: nickcarraway; MeekOneGOP; PhilDragoo; Happy2BMe; potlatch; ntnychik; Smartass
4 posted on
04/09/2005 1:34:28 AM PDT by
devolve
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To: nickcarraway
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