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ariel · 17th March 2005, 04:06 PM

I guess I am the ideal judge: not metallurgist, not well educated in the fine points of Damascus steelmaking and not into rich and sophisticated weapons. In short, a rank amateur.
Personally, I like the first example on the right : the wootz lines are not as tightly controlled as in the last example but are free-floating and very "poetic" (Sorry, can't find a better word!). The last example seems to me to have a rigid and "squeezed" appearance.
Well, this is my 5 cents worth.
And it is worth exactly that: 5 cents. Because at the end of the day all esthetic judgemens are purely subjective and are a matter of personal taste. Both patterns in this thread are high class objects of art and each will have it's admirers.
" De gustibus non est disputandum", no arguing about taste.
Or, as one guy said about his horrifically ugly and grossly deformed girlfiend " Well, either you do like Picasso or you don't"

17th March 2005, 04:06 PM	#11
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	I guess I am the ideal judge: not metallurgist, not well educated in the fine points of Damascus steelmaking and not into rich and sophisticated weapons. In short, a rank amateur. Personally, I like the first example on the right : the wootz lines are not as tightly controlled as in the last example but are free-floating and very "poetic" (Sorry, can't find a better word!). The last example seems to me to have a rigid and "squeezed" appearance. Well, this is my 5 cents worth. And it is worth exactly that: 5 cents. Because at the end of the day all esthetic judgemens are purely subjective and are a matter of personal taste. Both patterns in this thread are high class objects of art and each will have it's admirers. " De gustibus non est disputandum", no arguing about taste. Or, as one guy said about his horrifically ugly and grossly deformed girlfiend " Well, either you do like Picasso or you don't"