This video showcases the restoration process of a medieval double-edged long sword with a blade length of almost 85 cm (≈33 in.), width of almost 2 inches (5 cm), and thickness of 0.5 cm. The sword ...

while remaining hard enough to be sharpened – a property which is useful in edged weapons like swords. While the process is nothing like that used by smiths in Damascus working with Wootz steel ...

In return, Putin was presented with a Damascus steel sword. As the Kremlin’s press-service has said, the horse called Khadjibek (year of birth 2012) was the breed’s world champion in 2015 ...