17th December 2013, 09:53 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Toronto, Canada
Posts: 1,242
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Hello,
Nice kaskara. The blade is not made from shear steel but purposely pattern welded. Here are two links to 19th century German sabres with "damascus" blades. Seems to have been a fashion at the time.
http://vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=15333
http://vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=12784
Emanuel
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