Valerian Steel is the fantasy equivalent of Damascene. the swords made in damascus were so strong due to pattern welds. if you were to melt down and re cast metal blades that were originally pattern welded, you would end up with something like crucible steel but with impurities.
read the books and you will find out that Ice was cut into smaller pieces instead of melted down and re-cast
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