Late modern Europeans were aware of crucible steel, and tried really hard to replicate them - IIRC this involved expeditions to India ? - (and seem to have succ

Late modern Europeans were aware of crucible steel, and tried really hard to replicate them - IIRC this involved expeditions to India ? - (and seem to have succeeded) : https://www.thoughtco.com/wootz-steel-raw-material-damascus-blades-173235 https://www.thoughtco.com/wootz-steel-raw-material-damascus-... https://www.construction-physics.com/p/the-rise-of-steel-part-ii https://www.construction-physics.com/p/the-rise-of-steel-par... https://www.sanskritimagazine.com/tale-crucible-wootz-steel-ancient-india/ https://www.sanskritimagazine.com/tale-crucible-wootz-steel-...