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Old 24th October 2010, 12:42 PM   #14
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Hi
according with the book;
"Weapons of the Islamic World" subtitle: "Swords & Armour"?
It is published by the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies, Riyadh, KSA
- refers to damascus/wootz as "al-johar"
it's under that appelation that in Middle-East the "Persian wootz" its called

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Dom

Hi Dom,
Thanks for your help.
So Johar is a generic term for all 'wootz'?
Does this pattern have a specific name or meaning? Does it represent water, or is it just random?

'shukran'
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