Mikey, Where specifically was this Anglo Saxon buriel ground located to which you made reference ? Is the Excalibur on display for the public to view and have you personally seen it ? Not long ago, on a television documentry program on the his- tory of weapontry, there was a very interesting piece ex- plaining and demonstrating the metal folding technique used to make swords stronger. Regards, Glenda >A worthy work to those who are interested in this >is area and may not have heard of it and contains related historical >multi-cultural evidences is Robert Graves's "The White Goddess". > >On the basis of my to date only brief study of the above highly detailed and >complex work, I would tend to agree >with Dr Padel that he has only taken a few aspects of the legend, linked it >for his analysis without giving due consideration to the numerous other >extant facts >and educated speculations available. > >His theory about the Sword manufacture may well be of worth, I could maybe >eventually buy that! As to a country and it peoples swallowing the Culture >& legends of a minor Mercenary group because of the superiority of a >smithing technique in producing weapons is to say the least highly dubious. > >About a year ago a British Blacksmith reproduced >after examination of a sword discovered in an Anglo Saxon buriel, one that >was clearly produced by such >a technique of multiple folding and combining two types >of metal. > >He made no claim nor did the other scientists >and Archeologists that it was of course Excalibur!! > >Regards, > >Mikey. >Spectemur Agendo.