Raimey,

I have not looked at a lot of armour. It is a complete topic unto itself, so I tread very lightly. We have a couple of collections here in the Chicago area. The pieces I have seen show no resemblance to Wootz. At the same time that fully armoured knights were riding around, gun powder was beginning to come into it's own. The closest I have seen were damascene swords. These have nothing to do with wootz or damascus. It is a term used to describe highly decorated pieces, such as swords.

Remember the whole Crusader myth about the damascus swords that could cut a piece of falling silk. No talk of damascus armour. As for the axes that did the cutting of fallen knights, a good chance they were wootz.




Pete