what was the steel used before leaf springs?

Dunno...
There was one khukuri supplier that offered stuff made from railroad track. Some tomahawk guys still make the heads from railroad spikes too. So that could take the date for decent steel back to the 1800s or so.

I'm just guessing though.




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cognitivefun said:
In the Olde Days, what steel did the kamis use? What was its source and metalurgical properties?
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Cog spring steel goes back one helluva long ways. Most people forget the wagon and other springs before the advent of the motorcar.

But too answer your question the best I can the steel most likely came from India as India was the only source for the Original Wootz way long ago.
After the British invasion and colonization of India I imagine that most of the steel was imported from Britain by way of India.
India has had a long history of making knock off knives supposedly made by famous makers. The Rodgers Knives are the one that comes too mind right off and the one I am somewhat familiar with. Don't know if they copied other manufacturers or not.
At the time of the Brit's colonization of India and before England was well known for the quality of her blades and was in her heyday much the same as Toledo was also once the knife making capital of Spain.
The history of knives spans the whole historical rise, and some would say downfall, of mankind and started in prehistory days.:D :cool: :D
 
Yvsa said:
Cog spring steel goes back one helluva long ways. Most people forget the wagon and other springs before the advent of the motorcar.
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My kids and I each have dirks that were forged from carriage springs. An Amish smith made them. I guess carriage springs are still around.
 
The kamis use the truck springs because that is what's available. If that suddenly ran out, they'd find something else, I bet.
 
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