11. Making Swords
11.1. The Early Sword
11.1.1 First Swords
11.1.2 The Bronze Sword
11.1.3 The Luristan Iron Sword
11.1.4 Swords of Major Near East Powers in the 1st Millennium BC
11.2 Swords of Celts and Romans
11.2.1 Background to Celtic Swords
11.2.2 Metallurgy of Celtic Swords
11.2.3 Roman Swords
11.3 Pattern Welding
11.3.1 Background to Pattern Welding
11.3.2 More to Pattern Welding
11.3.3 Evolution of Pattern Welding
11.3.4 Metallography of Pattern Welded Swords
11.4 The Transition to All-Steel Swords
11.4.1 Viking Swords
11.4.2 Blades of Viking Era Swords
11.4.3 Ulfberht Swords
11.5 Wootz Swords
11.5.1 The Winner is....
11.5.2 Structure by Dendrites?
11.5.3 Forging a Wootz Sword
11.6 Japanese Swords
11.6.1 The Myth and the History of the Japanese Sword
11.6.2 Making a Japanese Sword - Part 1
11.6.3 Making a Japanese Sword - Part 2
11.6.4 Metallurgy of the Japanese Sword
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