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First, I'm going to try and make contact with Al Pendray who is the bladesmith that spent many years researching how the famous Persian/Damascus Steel called "Wootz" was made. Damascus, Syria is named because the steel was worked there by the artisans who produced the knives and swords.
Al Pendray finally "broke the code" on how to make the ancient wootz steel.
The results of his work resulted in a very nice article in Scientific American.
This steel often traveled long trade routes before being made into knives and swords. The Vikings sold many into "white slavery" so we know they traveled into the regions where the crucible made wootz steel was available.
History says the main hand weapon of the Vikings was the battle axe and some of this was related to the cost of good swords.
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