What is Wootz?

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This video is aimed at clarifying some of the questions surrounding "wootz", and specifically what steels should be called by this name and what should not. There are bound to be some aspects that I have forgotten, but I imagine those will get addressed in the comments! Also, sorry about the glitches in the sound; I was working with a new phone app and it recorded the sound for each clip in a "ramped up" fashion. This means that I had to adjust the sound at the beginning of each clip, and it doesn't always blend perfectly.
I have also added English subtitles to help mitigate the sound issues. Going through the text of what I said it is pretty clear that I don't know how to speak properly! I have tightened things up a bit by removing the multitude of "ums" and "uhs", but that still leaves a few hundred "you know"s in there.

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16 окт 2024

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@freedomforgetactical 5 месяцев назад

Awesome explanation and compelling argument on the way we and other makers have become accustom to using the term wootz! I can see where it has blurred lines in the community on wootz VS crucible steel, the major challenge i find is that surprisingly the majority of makers even in the steel making community miss the metallurgy piece. classification that we can make a standard to navigate with will for sure help us as makers as well as customers in search for specific product! look forward to the next video on classification! i appreciate you putting in the work for this Peter!

@peterburt7218 4 месяца назад

It is definitely a muddy subject, and I'm sure that my definition of wootz will ruffle a few feathers given that it puts some of the historical processes outside of "wootz" and instead classifies them as "crucible steel". The reality is that the term "wootz" (and its compatriot "pulad") has been unclear for centuries, being used in both specific and general ways even in accounts from a millennia ago. The difference is that the contemporary producers, buyers, and smiths would have had additional terminology to make the term more specific, such as "wootz from X location". That terminology has largely disappeared and/or we no longer know exactly what it referred to, and this is essentially why I am trying to create a more specific framework for the modern conversation.

@CF23583 5 месяцев назад

I like you classification. 👍

@peterburt7218 4 месяца назад

Thanks! Hopefully it starts to spread more widely!

@wootzmilitaria 2 месяца назад

Good to hear you mentioning copper ;) also there are many blades tested with Carbon as high as 1.9%. Great video.

@peterburt7218 Месяц назад

Jin, do you have a sense of what % of blades are testing out at around 1.9% C? My understanding has been that these were outliers, but there are shockingly few blades that have actually been properly tested.

@bill4639 3 месяца назад

In my opinion, you are THE authority on wootz. You picked up where Al Pendray left off and have since reached a level of control he never had. Akim Wirtz definitely knows crucible steel, but he doesn’t have the comprehensive knowledge of wootz, it’s history, or structure and his work is relegated to making new steels. To be frank, Wirtz has plateaued with the release of tnt666, so I can’t say his work is a continuation like yours sir. I’ve learned more from you than any single knife maker bar none.

@peterburt7218 3 месяца назад

Thanks! I appreciate that! Wootz is such a deep subject that I don't know if anyone can count as a true authority on it, but I do my best to demystify it a bit.