| There is nothing to say that this steel is really | | | | East. This sword was just one of pattern welding. |
| Russian. In fact the name suggests that it is | | | | At this time Petrovich Ansosv chose to give |
| Persian. It is thought that Bulat steel is made in | | | | making Damascus steel a try for himself. He had |
| the same way that Wootz steel is made. All | | | | been working on some Quenching techniques and |
| thought there is know way to know for sure | | | | gave it a shot. Now again no one knows if he |
| because the way to make Wootz steel has been | | | | truly duplicated Damascus steel but he did |
| lost along with its brother Damascus steel, And | | | | eventually make a methodology the very much |
| the maker of Bulat steel Pavel Anosov never | | | | increased the hardness of his own steel. |
| really told how he made his steel. | | | | What make these steel so good is the structure |
| Bulat steel was lost at the beginning of the 19th | | | | of the components. so carbon steel has two |
| century Petrovich Anosov was a student of the | | | | componets. It has pure iron, and cementite, or |
| Damascus steel. He studied them for over ten | | | | iron carbide. Cementite is very very brittle. In fact |
| years. He was believed to be able to recreate this | | | | on the Brinell hardness test it would score a 640 |
| steel in 1838. Petrovich Ansosv steel Bulat steel | | | | this is brittle. scoring 200 on the test is ferrite. So |
| was very popular in the making of cannons. But | | | | when you work these two together and then |
| when the Bessemer process was made it kill | | | | very slowly cool them to allow cementite to |
| Petrovich. This process was able to create the | | | | precipitate as micro particles between the ferrite |
| same steel for much less money. Potrovich | | | | crystals and then arrange in a pattern. carbide is |
| started at the Saint Petersburg Min Cabet School | | | | dark and the steel is grey. This is what make the |
| in 1810. This is where he first saw a Damascus | | | | pattern on true Damascus steel. Another big part |
| Steel sword in a case. This sword grabbed is | | | | of making Bulat or Damascus steel is Ceramic. |
| attention. | | | | This is what is thought to make this steel so |
| Then seven years later he went to the factories | | | | sharp. It breaks down in between 600 and 1100 C |
| of Zlatoust mining region in the Urals. There he | | | | and goes into the ferrite and carbon. |
| became the inspector of the weapon decoration | | | | This steel is very hard to make and really can |
| deportment. Once again he came in contact with | | | | only be made by a master sword maker. These |
| another Damascus steel sword. One big different | | | | swords are some the sharpest and beautiful in |
| is this sword was a European copy and not even | | | | the world. |
| close to the equal of the sword from the Middle | | | | |