Etching wootz, opinion needed.

Battara · 19th October 2021, 01:34 AM

I will only add one more thing - Turkish wootz does not pop out like Persian or Indian wootz. This pala might be Turkish wootz.

ariel · 19th October 2021, 04:00 AM

I think I might know why coffee gives dark black wootz lines.
Coffee is acidic and oxidizes ( rusts) areas with higher content of carbon. But at the same time it contains tannins that convert rust into permanent black Fe tannate.
This is similar to the so-called "rust converters".

kai · 19th October 2021, 10:57 AM

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I think I might know why coffee gives dark black wootz lines.
Coffee is acidic and oxidizes ( rusts) areas with higher content of carbon. But at the same time it contains tannins that convert rust into permanent black Fe tannate.

Yup, that would be my understanding as well, Ariel.

Regards,
Kai

Battara · 20th October 2021, 11:11 PM

So the more coffee I drink the darker my insides get?

Saracen · 21st October 2021, 12:17 AM

I'm not worried about that. There will be a wonderful wootz pattern on the insides

19th October 2021, 01:34 AM	#1
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,272	I will only add one more thing - Turkish wootz does not pop out like Persian or Indian wootz. This pala might be Turkish wootz.

19th October 2021, 04:00 AM	#2
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	I think I might know why coffee gives dark black wootz lines. Coffee is acidic and oxidizes ( rusts) areas with higher content of carbon. But at the same time it contains tannins that convert rust into permanent black Fe tannate. This is similar to the so-called "rust converters".

20th October 2021, 11:11 PM	#4
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,272	So the more coffee I drink the darker my insides get?

21st October 2021, 12:17 AM	#5
Saracen Member Join Date: Oct 2015 Posts: 147	I'm not worried about that. There will be a wonderful wootz pattern on the insides