Originally Posted By: revdocdrew
TWIST - Iron and steel puddled together, rolled into rods, and NOT twisted before wrapped around a mandrel

The 1st picture shows what the Belgians would call Laminated. They were not "puddled".

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DAMASCUS - Individual strips of iron and steel bundled together in a billet, rolled into rods which are twisted (a bunch), rods are hammer forged together then twisted some more, and wrapped around a mandrel

There was no second twisting. After the individual rods were twisted, they were joined together and then wrapped around a mandrel that was covered with a chemise.

Pete

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