Crucible Steel ?

[Rick]

A salawar yataghan .
Opinions , comments ?

[Jens Nordlunde]

Hi Rick, is there so little difference in the colouring as shown in the picture, have you manipulated it, or was the light bad when you photographed it?

Jens

[tom hyle]

It looks like it's been etched and then lightly polished, leaving the "geographicalness" (hee hee hee; I hope you know what I mean; I'm fevery, so that's the best I can do), but removing the colour?

[Rick]

Jens,
I shot the picture last night under artificial lighting , as a result the red shift was uncorrectable so I removed the color .

Tom,
Yes the blade seems to have had a strong etch in the past but when I received it there was no perceptible color difference .
There are other areas along the edge that look homogenous , most of this pattern is away from the edge nearer the spine .

Here's one shot in daylight .

[Ann Feuerbach]

It does not look like crucible steel to me. Possibly preferentially etched.

[tom hyle]

Rick, this might be real wierd on a wootz blade, which I think this looks like, but doesn't that almost have the look of an inlaid edge? It could be smooth from sharpening, but I seem to see an etched dividing line? Where is the scientist formerly known as Moltenmuse? Sorry Ann; I liked your old name

[Rick]

Ann , thanks for your input .

Tom , I don't think the edge has been inserted , some of the homogenous areas are quite wide .
I was thinking more of the edge hardening process making the pattern disappear .

This is a pretty crazy pattern for a laminar welding process IMO .

Now this is a laminar forged Yat. blade and you can see the layering right up to the edge .

Then again I'm no genius about this stuff , all I do is push a broom around here and try to learn .