Safavid or qajar blade?

ariel · 23rd April 2022, 04:25 AM

[QUOTE=Drabant1701;27125 On many of my wootz blade there are lines on the spine, but on this one it one countiouos line all along the spine from point to grip.[/QUOTE]

Please find my topic “ How the wootz blades were forged?”
You are absolurtly correct: many wootz blades have a “seam” or a “crack” of various lenght on their spine. This is where the slag comes out during forging. In your case, with a very long and uninterrupted “seam” , it strongly suggests that the blade was forged together from two thin wootz blades, leaving free distal components .
I am still waiting for Ric Furrer report on the composition of wootz and pics of polished and etched fractured area.

23rd April 2022, 04:25 AM	#1
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	[QUOTE=Drabant1701;27125 On many of my wootz blade there are lines on the spine, but on this one it one countiouos line all along the spine from point to grip.[/QUOTE] Please find my topic “ How the wootz blades were forged?” You are absolurtly correct: many wootz blades have a “seam” or a “crack” of various lenght on their spine. This is where the slag comes out during forging. In your case, with a very long and uninterrupted “seam” , it strongly suggests that the blade was forged together from two thin wootz blades, leaving free distal components . I am still waiting for Ric Furrer report on the composition of wootz and pics of polished and etched fractured area.