Bulat steel manufactured by Petrovich Anosov

There is nothing to say that this steel is actually Russian. In fact, the name suggests it is Persian. We believe that steel is Bulat is the same way as wootz made. Any thoughts there is know way of knowing for sure, because doing Wootz was lost with his brother in Damascus steel, and steel manufacturer Bulat Pavel Anosov never really said how he made his steel.

Bulat steel was lost in the early 19th century Petrovich Anosov was a student at Damascus steel. He studied them for over ten years. It was believed to be able recreate this steel in 1838. Petrovich Ansosv Bulat steel was very popular in the manufacture of guns. But when the Bessemer process was made to kill Petrovich. This process has been able to create the same steel for much less money. Potrovich started on the MIN of St. Petersburg Cabet School in 1810. It is There he first saw a Damascus steel sword in one case. This sword has caught the attention.

Then, seven years later He went to the factories of the mining region Zlatoust in the Urals. There, he became inspector of the decoration of weapons maintenance. Again it is come into contact with another sword of Damascus steel. A big different is that sword was a European copy, not even close to equal the sword of the Middle East. This sword was just a welding ground. At that time Petrovich Ansosv chosen to make Damascus steel itself a test. He had worked on some techniques of tempering and gave him a shot. Now again nobody knows if he really duplicated Damascus steel, but has finally a methodology greatly increased the hardness of his own steel.

What is the mark of these steels is particularly good structure components. If carbon steel has two componets. It was pure iron, and cementite, or iron carbide. Cementite is very fragile. In fact, testing Brinell hardness he would score a 640 it is fragile. 200 on the test scoring is ferrite. So when you work these two together, then cool very slowly to cementite to precipitate as micro particles between crystals of ferrite and then arrange in a pattern. carbide is dark and steel gray. This is what the real motive of Damascus steel. Another important part of making Bulat or Damascus steel is ceramic. This is thought to make this steel so clear. It breaks down between 600 and 1100 C and goes into ferrite and carbon.

This steel is very difficult to do and really can not be made by a master sword maker. These swords are some of the largest and beautiful in the world.

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