Wootz kilij with unusual Kirk Narduban

ariel · 23rd March 2010, 11:34 PM

This sword was shown on another Forum. The unusual feature is Kirk Narduban each rung of which seems to consist of 3 sub-rungs ( triple Kirk?). With permission by the owner, I post it here.
Any opinions? Has anyone seen a similar pattern?

ALEX · 24th March 2010, 12:24 AM

VERY unusual. Thank you for posting this beauty, Ariel.
Sometimes a single rang can appear as being "split", and the spread can be quite wide. In other instances a ladder can "fold" in the zig-zag fashion. This one is not obvious to be either. Very intriguing... need more time to determine if these are deliberately cut triplets, but looks like this is the case... lucky owner.

Jeff Pringle · 24th March 2010, 03:02 PM

Indeed, a beautiful sword

It does look like the smith was doing a kirk +1, reminds me of the disposable razor wars of the last millenium

23rd March 2010, 11:34 PM	#1
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	Wootz kilij with unusual Kirk Narduban This sword was shown on another Forum. The unusual feature is Kirk Narduban each rung of which seems to consist of 3 sub-rungs ( triple Kirk?). With permission by the owner, I post it here. Any opinions? Has anyone seen a similar pattern? Attached Images

24th March 2010, 12:24 AM	#2
ALEX Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 936	VERY unusual. Thank you for posting this beauty, Ariel. Sometimes a single rang can appear as being "split", and the spread can be quite wide. In other instances a ladder can "fold" in the zig-zag fashion. This one is not obvious to be either. Very intriguing... need more time to determine if these are deliberately cut triplets, but looks like this is the case... lucky owner. Attached Images

24th March 2010, 03:02 PM	#3
Jeff Pringle Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 189	Indeed, a beautiful sword It does look like the smith was doing a kirk +1, reminds me of the disposable razor wars of the last millenium