Wootz Steel - Cultural References

Cultural References

• An elaborate fictionalized description of wootz steel manufacture is presented in Neal Stephenson's book The Confusion, part of Stephenson's three-volume work The Baroque Cycle.
• The manufacturing of wootz steel is also detailed in Leo Frankowski's Conrad Stargard series.
• Don Krieg, an early villain in Eiichiro Oda's manga series One Piece, wears body armor made out of wootz steel.
• Tipu Sultan's sword was made of Wootz steel.