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Sword; wrought iron; modern replication of pattern-welded blade from Sutton Hoo ship burial; core of 8 rods each built up in 7 laminated layers; each composite rod has 7 segments of Z and S twists to replicate the pattern shown in radiographs of original; forge-welded cutting edge formed from single laminated rod of 180 layers.
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