Dagger ID & Verification Requested

RobT · 17th April 2026, 03:36 PM

Hi All,

Just a little update. Since there was a slight amount of rust on the blade, I gave it a day long soak in Evaporust. A soak of that duration will reveal mechanical damascus but I don’t know for sure if it will show crucible damascus. The blade shows no mechanical damascus pattern. Sometime in the future, after thoroughly cleaning the blade, I will try a 3% nital solution which will bring out a crucible damascus pattern if present. Testing the sheath furniture with silver testing solution showed that the metal is a very low grade silver. Thus far, Patterson25’s hypothesis appears possible.

Sincerely,
RobT

17th April 2026, 03:36 PM	#6
RobT Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 644	Some Testing Hi All, Just a little update. Since there was a slight amount of rust on the blade, I gave it a day long soak in Evaporust. A soak of that duration will reveal mechanical damascus but I don’t know for sure if it will show crucible damascus. The blade shows no mechanical damascus pattern. Sometime in the future, after thoroughly cleaning the blade, I will try a 3% nital solution which will bring out a crucible damascus pattern if present. Testing the sheath furniture with silver testing solution showed that the metal is a very low grade silver. Thus far, Patterson25’s hypothesis appears possible. Sincerely, RobT