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Originally Posted by Angus1783
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Hi Angus,
in my honest opinion, the blade is no modern fake, it is at least from the period of around WW I.
I can see some pitting, which is not too easy to fake. The quality of the forging work seems pretty good, I cannot see any flaws, like open layers or so.
The pattern welded blade is also not a roughly forged blade. If the blade would be polished up to a grit of 2000 oder better 3000 and etched with high detail etchant, you probably will see much more and much finer details than now.
But the siganture, which was translated with "Assad Allah" is not real. Assad Allah was the most famous wootz blacksmith and this definitely no wootz.
Roland