Drew, I seriously doubt that you will find any of that mythologic interlaminar rust or orange lace in any of your samples. There would have been no red iron oxide on the surface of the iron and steel after they were heated in the forge to welding temperatures, and there would be no surface for exposure to oxidation once the layers were welded. Any thin scale formation that was not scraped, fluxed, or knocked off by hammering would actually be more resistant to oxidation than bare metal. I have seen flakes of mill scale up to 1/8" thick exposed to water for weeks before it gets even a tinge of orange color.

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