Two Wootz Shamshirs for Comments

[A.alnakkas]

Hey Richard,

Thanks for the info, its really nice to know more about this!

Perhaps the blade was broken and had to be welded but the way the weld is makes me think that perhaps the smith used a more flexible steel for the hilt and ricasso and stiff wootz for the rest?

I would love to one day travel your way and learn all of this :-)

[Richard Furrer]

Originally Posted by A.alnakkas

Hey Richard,

Thanks for the info, its really nice to know more about this!

Perhaps the blade was broken and had to be welded but the way the weld is makes me think that perhaps the smith used a more flexible steel for the hilt and ricasso and stiff wootz for the rest?

I would love to one day travel your way and learn all of this :-)

Hard to say why any particular technique was used on any particular blade, but I have seen enough "non-Museum" quality pieces to say that they were very much into repairing the broken rather than re-making them.

I am not on this list to sell classes or product I forge, but I thank you for your interest. I have benefitted greatly by the combined knowledge of this discussion site.

Ric