A short bibliography of articles & books relating to: Watered Crucible Steel or "Damascus" Steel, Pattern Welded Steel, and Indian Arms & Armour.

Coe M D et al. "Swords & Hilt Weapons" , Weidenfield & Nicholson London 1989. ISBN 0 297796445

Edgerton Lord. "Indian & Oriental Armour" Arms & Armour Press London 1968

Feigel L. "On Damascus Steel" Atlantis Art Press 1991 ISBN 0962871117

Madra A S & Singh P "Warrior Saints Three centuries of the Sikh military tradition" I B Tauris London 1999.

Maryon H. "Pattern-welding and Damascening of sword blades-Part 1 Pattern-welding" Studies in Conservation 5 1960.

Maryon H. "Pattern-welding and Damascening of sword blades-Part 2 The Damascene Process" Studies in Conservation 5 1960.

Metcalf S. "The Treatment of mail on an Arm guard from the Armoury of Shah Shuja: Ethical repair & in situ documentation in miniature" V&A Conservation Journal 37 spring 2001.

Metcalf S. & Wills S "Should a conservation treatment reveal the secret of Damascus Steel?" V&A Conservation Journal 31 April 1999

Panseri C. "Damascus steel in legend and in reality" Gladius tome IV 1965.

Pendray A. H. & Verhoven J D "The key role of impurities in ancient Damascus steel blades" JOM Vol 50 no9 Sept 1998. Have published extensively in JOM and Metallurgy a publication of The Minerals, Metals, & Materials Soc.

Puraye J. "Le Damas" Musee d'Armes de Liege 1966 (European)

Rawson P. "The Indian Sword" Herbert Jenkins Ltd London 1968.

Sachse M. "Damaszener Stahl mythos geschichte technik anwendung" 1989 NW publications ISBN 3-88314-943-8 now translated into English.

Stone G C. "A glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms & Armour" 1934 Southworth Press 1961 Jack Brussel

Stronge S Ed "The Arts Of the Sikh Kingdoms" V&A London 1999

Verhoven J D "The Mystery of Damascus blades" Scientific American January 2001. For a current overview of Pendray & Verhovens work.

The Wallace Collection "Oriental Arms & Armour Catalogue" London 1964.