For the 2 or 3 of you still interested I've added a section on 'Metallurgy and Analysis' with a fairly extensive list of references, including a number of articles by J.D. Verhoeven
http://docs.google.com/View?docid=dfg2hmx7_193fzxsjfw

And I finally scored a copy of Leo Figiel's On Damascus Steel so likely more good stuff to follow

Last edited by revdocdrew; 03/24/08 07:23 PM.