thank you David
my bad
glad you set me straight on the etch... (its definitely not my area as i'm a wootz man
)
however i really love the patternwelds on these kinds of blades..... i don't post on them because i'm very lost on the language and descriptions...
by the way... the blade looks to be made of bloom steel... i've hammer welded some steel from wrought iron (wrought being a processed bloom steel) ... and after it is etched, will have very similar surface pattern...... it is really apparent as you polish because you will notice small inclusions in the steel (which are silicous slags from the original bloom ).... this is not the same as welding flaws...
take care
Greg
ps... more pic's please