Pattern welding - Revision history

User 144: /* Decorative and Functional */

2008-07-17T21:00:52Z

Decorative and Functional

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	It also results in a stronger, more homogenous [[blade]] than one [[forge]]d of poorer quality [[metal]] without being [[forge]]d entirely of the better quality [[iron]]/[[steel]]. [[Viking]]s were fond of pattern welded blades and would seek such [[blade]]s in [[trade]] and would then have a local [[smith]] set them with fittings. Not thought to have been used on [[axe]]s.		It also results in a stronger, more homogenous [[blade]] than one [[forge]]d of poorer quality [[metal]] without being [[forge]]d entirely of the better quality [[iron]]/[[steel]]. [[Viking]]s were fond of pattern welded blades and would seek such [[blade]]s in [[trade]] and would then have a local [[smith]] set them with fittings. Not thought to have been used on [[axe]]s.

			Swords with pattern welded blades would have edges of steel welded to them to provide a good quality edge.

	==History==		==History==

Paul Matisz: /* Decorative and Functional */

2008-07-11T23:15:29Z

Decorative and Functional

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	This process results in alternating bands of [[colour]] and are thought to be the ''waves'' mentioned when referrring to [[Dark Age]] [[sword]]s.		This process results in alternating bands of [[colour]] and are thought to be the ''waves'' mentioned when referrring to [[Dark Age]] [[sword]]s.

	It also results in a stronger, more homogenous [[blade] than one [[forge]]d of poorer quality [[metal]] without being [[forge]]d entirely of the better quality [[iron]]/[[steel]]. [[Viking]]s were fond of pattern welded blades and would seek such [[blade]]s in [[trade]] and would then have a local [[smith]] set them with fittings. Not thought to have been used on [[axe]]s.		It also results in a stronger, more homogenous [[blade]] than one [[forge]]d of poorer quality [[metal]] without being [[forge]]d entirely of the better quality [[iron]]/[[steel]]. [[Viking]]s were fond of pattern welded blades and would seek such [[blade]]s in [[trade]] and would then have a local [[smith]] set them with fittings. Not thought to have been used on [[axe]]s.

	==History==		==History==

User 144 at 11:54, 29 May 2006

2006-05-29T11:54:33Z

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'''Pattern welding''' is a process where [[metal]]s of different composition (typically lower and higher carbon [[iron]]) are [[forge]]d together. This process could be typically found in [[blade]]s such as [[sword]]s and [[knife|knives]].

==Decorative and Functional==
This process results in alternating bands of [[colour]] and are thought to be the ''waves'' mentioned when referrring to [[Dark Age]] [[sword]]s.

It also results in a stronger, more homogenous [[blade] than one [[forge]]d of poorer quality [[metal]] without being [[forge]]d entirely of the better quality [[iron]]/[[steel]]. [[Viking]]s were fond of pattern welded blades and would seek such [[blade]]s in [[trade]] and would then have a local [[smith]] set them with fittings. Not thought to have been used on [[axe]]s.

==History==
Thought to have been first used by the [[Roman]]s, and was relatively common by the year 700. The process appears to have disappeared by the end of the [[12th century]].

==Internal Links==
*[[sword]]
*[[saex]]
*[[Viking]]
*[[Saxon]]

[[category:materials (medieval)]]