Pamor
Indonesian word for pattern on a steel blade. Also the name of the nickel often used for a contrasting effect.
Nioi (匂)
Japanese word for fine martensite crystals in the blade's temperline.
Nie (沸)
Japanese word for martensite crystals that form in blade under certain conditions.
Shakudō (赤銅)
A Japanese alloy containing copper and gold.
Suassa
A copper-alloy with high gold content that was highly prized in Southeast Asia.
Samrit (សំរិត)
Khmer word for an auspicious copper alloy.
Sawasa
A term used for colonial Asian metalwork in black and gold.
Damascening
Inlaying or overlaying of gold or silver on another metal.
Oomersee Mawjee
Famous maker of metalwork from Bhuj, Kutch.
Gutta-percha
A natural latex made from the sap of the Palaquium gutta tree.
Liùdàomù (六道木)
Chinese name for a strong and heavy wood used for staffs and arrow shafts.
Pedang lurus
Indonesian term meaning "straight sword". Often used to describe a specific silver-clad shortsword.
Wootz
Description
Wootz is the commonly used name for a type of crucible steel with an elaborate pattern
Phaulād (फौलाद्)
Nepali word for wootz, a type of prized crucible steel.
Ispāt (इस्पात्)
Nepali word for steel.
Bhālu kāṭh (भालु काठ)
Nepali word for Chinese Magnolia, the wood used for khukurī handles.
Paṭpaṭe (पट्पटे)
Nepali word for the Chinese magnolia wood used to make khukurī handles.
Bō-koḷa
Sinhalese term for a decorative motif that resembles the leaf of a sacred fig tree.
Teišun-i giyan
Manchu for a brass or bronze mace.
Ī-vaḍuvō
Literally "arrow-makers", a Sinhalese class of craftsmen that did wood turning and lacquer work.
Patura
Sinhalese term for a decorative motif that consists of elongated triangles with two sides of equal length.
Gal-bindu (ගල් බින්දු)
A Sinhalese decorative motif in lacquer that consists of diamond shapes.
Nanban tetsu (南蠻鉃)
Literally: Southern barbarian steel.
Téngpái (藤牌)
The Chinese rattan shield
Tóngjiǎn (銅鐧)
Chinese for a bronze mace.
Shibuichi (四分一)
A copper-silver alloy used to make Japanese sword mounts.
Jiāgāng (加鋼)
A construction of edged weapons where a separate piece of high-carbon steel is forged into layers of milder steel.
Baktong
Cantonese for báitóng.
Báitóng (白銅)
An alloy of copper, nickel, and zinc used among others for sword parts.
Damascus steel
A rather broad term that is used to describe steel that exhibits a fancy pattern.
Twist-core steel
A type of pattern-welding using twisted rods of steel.