Wootz kindjal - have you ever seen?

buendia · 26th March 2010, 01:43 AM

Thank you for this wonderful information.
I found out that in 1837 a ship with British weopons for Circassian rebels was intercepted by Russian fleet.
Maybe some some tool made of shear steel was reforged into kindjal?
Somewhere here I saw photos of a chisel made of Sheffield shear steel compared to some Sham type of wootz, and there was some reference to Itame I think...

IMO it`s almost impossible to differentiate them for a non-specialist.
Maybe Lermontov considered the English shear steel as a Sham pattern?
007 scenario - I know, but maybe?

26th March 2010, 01:43 AM	#5
buendia Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Silesia, Poland Posts: 41	Thank you for this wonderful information. I found out that in 1837 a ship with British weopons for Circassian rebels was intercepted by Russian fleet. Maybe some some tool made of shear steel was reforged into kindjal? Somewhere here I saw photos of a chisel made of Sheffield shear steel compared to some Sham type of wootz, and there was some reference to Itame I think... IMO it`s almost impossible to differentiate them for a non-specialist. Maybe Lermontov considered the English shear steel as a Sham pattern? 007 scenario - I know, but maybe?