06-13-2015, 10:22 PM
Although our Alan has a tendency to subscribe most inventions too Chinese or Asian nomads, I'm not sure about pattern welding. 
In this thread on myarmoury you can see a celtic blade with pattern welded core (straight pattern, no swirls) dated to 300-200 BC.
Even greater surprise are pattern welded Etruscan swords, especially Vetulonia kopis from 7th century BC made of five different steel rods. This book mentions both this kopis and a 4th century BC pattern welded spearhead: https://books.google.hr/books?id=2Ofa_0Y...is&f=false
In this thread on myarmoury you can see a celtic blade with pattern welded core (straight pattern, no swirls) dated to 300-200 BC.Even greater surprise are pattern welded Etruscan swords, especially Vetulonia kopis from 7th century BC made of five different steel rods. This book mentions both this kopis and a 4th century BC pattern welded spearhead: https://books.google.hr/books?id=2Ofa_0Y...is&f=false
