15th October 2011, 03:40 PM | #5 | |
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Haven't we seen blades with wootz on one side and laminated/pattern welded on the other? Seem to remember such a discussion from a while back......? Lew, Nice katar mate. Were it just darkened with patina I would heve suggested an etch because I'd have thought simply from the style that wootz was a good possibility. However, that said I've seen plenty of nice indian blades with interesting laminated 'patterns' (although not usually Katar). I agree that we do see a lot of Katar with tips missing and this would seem to be an excellent method of strengthening that area. I think that now that we are all wootz obcessed we are going to see a lot of 'investigations' into blade construction turning up interesting results during the search for wootz, as pretty much all old blades get 'tested'. I've seen a few Tulwar turning up recently with laminated/pattern welded blades. Best Gene |
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