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Nioi (匂)
Japanese word for fine martensite crystals in the blade's temperline.
Nie (沸)
Japanese word for martensite crystals that form in blade under certain conditions.
Shakudō (赤銅)
A Japanese alloy containing copper and gold.
Suassa
A copper-alloy with high gold content that was highly prized in Southeast Asia.
Samrit (សំរិត)
Khmer word for an auspicious copper alloy.
Sawasa
A term used for colonial Asian metalwork in black and gold.
Damascening
Inlaying or overlaying of gold or silver on another metal.
Phaulād (फौलाद्)
Nepali word for wootz, a type of prized crucible steel.
Ispāt (इस्पात्)
Nepali word for steel.
Teišun-i giyan
Manchu for a brass or bronze mace.
Nanban tetsu (南蠻鉃)
Literally: Southern barbarian steel.
Tóngjiǎn (銅鐧)
Chinese for a bronze mace.
Shibuichi (四分一)
A copper-silver alloy used to make Japanese sword mounts.
Jiāgāng (加鋼)
A construction of edged weapons where a separate piece of high-carbon steel is forged into layers of milder steel.
Baktong
Cantonese for báitóng.
Báitóng (白銅)
An alloy of copper, nickel, and zinc used among others for sword parts.
Damascus steel
A rather broad term that is used to describe steel that exhibits a fancy pattern.
Twist-core steel
A type of pattern-welding using twisted rods of steel.
Huāwéngāng (花文鋼)
A type of pattern welding known in English as twist-core.