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Jens Nordlunde · 19th December 2011, 04:40 PM

Nice sword you have, congratulations.
Hi Rick, you are right, quite a number of these hilts are wootz.
Khorasan was a centre for production of very fine and dark wootz, so no wonder that many of these hilts are made of wootz.
Jens

19th December 2011, 04:40 PM	#10
Jens Nordlunde Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Europe Posts: 2,718	Nice sword you have, congratulations. Hi Rick, you are right, quite a number of these hilts are wootz. Khorasan was a centre for production of very fine and dark wootz, so no wonder that many of these hilts are made of wootz. Jens