Luzon Bolo With Wootz Blade!

[kai]

Originally Posted by RSWORD

However, you can also find similar patterns in Japanese sword from their complex folding of steel resulting in hada which can have a very wootz like appearance. Andrew has a dha in which the body of the blade has a fantastic "hada" which resembles sham wootz but from other details of the blade we know it is of sandwhich lamination in which the cheeks of the steel are of this folded steel with inserted hardened edge. After thinking more about this piece, I believe it is probably of sandwhich lamination in which the cheeks are of folded steel with an inserted edge.

Hi Rsword,

That seems possible. So we need a microscopic examination to get a conclusive answer...

By the way, not all wootz heat treated blades lose their pattern along the edge. It is all in the way the smith controls the temperature. I have several wootz examples where the edges are heat treated but the pattern is still visible but the heat treated zone shows up as a different color than the rest of the blade.

Thanks! That feat sounds really like dancing on an edge, literally...

Is there anything known about the practices of edge hardening with wootz?

Regards,
Kai