Plain iron rod
Finał heat treating, grinding, polishing and etching.
Notę seam on
Steel
Plain iron
Welded to
produce
steel-skinncd
iron-cored
blade
Weapons
1: Construction of sword hilt 2: Construction of a scabbard 3: Flags from the Bayeux Tapestry 4: Lance head 5: Javelin head
6: Section through spearhead, llth century
Twisted, cut into sections and inlaid to give a design or inscription
each side of blade