Awhile ago I was asked. "What are some of arts or techniques lost in time?". Well it took some time to research to find some examples, but in the end I found two examples that I thought I should share with you readers. One is Damascus Steel. First lets talk about Damascus Steel. This steel is made from wootz steel and it as very interesting patterns and bands on the steel. The steel is forged in India and the Middle East. Most of the steel sold to the West was through Damascus. Now what is so important about this steel is that modern scientist and blacksmiths have not been able to copy or remade this ancient steel alloy. The steel was used a lot by the Arabs during the Crusade time period. The art of making this steel alloy was lost about the 1750s. Some historians agree that the practice was lost to protect the secret from French and British colonizers. I found a few pictures of weapons made form the steel and some metalsmiths that made the alloy around 1900.
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