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ALEX · 1st March 2008, 05:47 PM

Nice Kard, Galvano,
The blade does show a Damascus pattern. I also think it is wootz (crystalline perhaps), or even low contrast sham wootz. An etching could develop a pattern slightly better. The hilt is ivory/walrus ivory(?).

1st March 2008, 05:47 PM	#2
ALEX Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 936	Nice Kard, Galvano, The blade does show a Damascus pattern. I also think it is wootz (crystalline perhaps), or even low contrast sham wootz. An etching could develop a pattern slightly better. The hilt is ivory/walrus ivory(?).