Members may be interested to know that I have been advised of a
Ukranian site (in English) showing Wootz Steel & damascus making on
http://www.geocities.com/qasruf7/bulat.html

For those that do not know Wootz Steel is:
Wootz is the original crucible steel making technique, discovered in
India around 300AD (although some say as early as 200BC). Wootz is an
Anglicised version of ukku, the word for steel in many south Indian
languages.
Wootz is produced by placing a mixture of wrought iron or iron ore
and charcoal in a cruicible with glass, which is then sealed and
heated in a furnace with a number of other crucibles. After some time
the result is a mixture of impurities mixed with glass floating on
the surface, and "buttons" of steel. The buttons (with a typical
carbon content of 1.5%) were separated from the slag and poured into
2 kg ingots.

Wootz steel was widely exported thoughout the region, and became
particularly famous in the Middle East, where it became known as
Damascus steel. Damascus swords were renowned for their toughness, it
being said that they could cut through a man with a single stroke,
and be bent around a man and return to their original shape when
released.

Steve Suff