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Originally Posted by CharlesS
Runjeet,
Interesting thought, though there are some swords mounted in all wootz hilts(some decorated with gold koftgari...some not).
I think it may have been a matter of personal tastes. I believe in Persian poetry there is reference to "the warrior's black blade". This tells me that there was a certain amount of pride in the wootz itself.
I guess we will really never know what was behind the wootz on wootz combination.
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Personally I think that the vibrant watered patterns on Wootz hilts can be classed as decoration in itself, even though its not a classified decoration per se.
Thats my personal view and who is to say that Wootz enthusiasts in the past did not share the same sentiment and wanted Wootz hilts as a form of decoration with or without the gold window borders.