Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Materials Facet
3. Materials (hierarchy name)
4. materials (substances)
5. [materials by composition]
6. inorganic material
7. metal
8. [metal by composition or origin]
9. [iron and iron alloy]
10. iron alloy
11. steel (alloy)
12. crucible steel

Anotations

Scope note:

A traditional crucible steel of southern India used for wire and sharp edged tools. Although associated in the popular imagination with Damascene swords, and legendarily a supersteel, wootz has a brittle structure subject to shattering, making it more suitable for ceremonial blades than for actual use in battle.