Thank you Battara.
After reading up on Turkish ribbon I have a question, I understand the stacking of the twisted bars & my blade has four quite distinct ones along the centre, but what is the composition of the bars that make the cutting edge & spine?
Having looked at other blades of similar construction the spine & edge bars look much plainer, am I correct in assuming this is welded up from the same steel/iron as the pattern bars but a much finer "mix"?
Because my blade was so rusty & required a lot of etching I'm guessing it's this that is showing as fine mix of random & some straighter lines?
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