To confuse things even more
"Twist" rods were NOT twisted before being wrapped around the mandrel and hammer forged
Crolle damascus rods WERE twisted (Crolle - Crull - Crullen - Curlen are Middle English words that appear in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales written c. 1386 and mean coiled or twisted) before being hammer welded into a ribband and then wrapped around the mandrel and hammer welded again
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