OK-with the computer expertise of Dr Beth, here are the images from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin

c. 1600 Asadullah blade



c. 1600s Turkish miquelet with clearly recognizable Two Iron Crolle



I'm still thinking crolle pattern welded barrels were first designed to reproduce Wootz steel appearance AND Islamic calligraphy then found to have superior metallurgical properties.
Any new converts out there? jOe, rabbit?


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