Thanks, I knew we were on the same page. I was thinkin'...that you were thinkin'...that I wasted all that time, barkin' up the wrong tree, rather than teaching myself damascus steel making.
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Did you see that new damascus solid rods are available as raw material for gun barrels and jewelry manufacture(?) directly bubble wrapped from Bombay, India? Some say wootz originially came from India. I've also heard or read Sri Lanca (Ceylon), Kurdistan, Persia, Assyria (nearby to Damascus City), and even Sweden. Is Kurdistan the general consensus?