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I picked this up recently. Its a nice large size, the Blade is 62cm, overall 76cm.
I have lightly cleaned the Blade to show the watering. What type of watering is this? Many thanks |
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Not wootz, but mechanical damascus.
Looks good. Congratulations! |
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Can you explain the mechanical damascus to me?
How was it constructed? |
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Location: USA
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Pattern welded. One or more types of steel sandwiched together and folded (welded) during the forging process.
Different variations on the theme and technique are seen in Viking, Indo-Persian, Chinese, Japanese, Malay/Indonesian, Filipino, etc. blades... |
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Join Date: Mar 2006
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nice salawar yataghan (aka khyber knife). do you have the scabbard for it?
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Mechanical damascus for sure. I have an Indian kard in my collection that is very similar to this dagger/sword both in form and decoration. I'll see if I can put some pictures up tonight
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