23rd January 2010, 03:52 AM | #1 |
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Old Katar For Comment
Just picked this up today it has some light rust but it should clean up ok. Pretty sure it will turn out to be wootz fingers crossed.
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23rd January 2010, 02:01 PM | #2 |
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I love it. Very elegant form, and sturdy. 10:1 that it's wootz.
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23rd January 2010, 05:11 PM | #3 |
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Nice. Hope so.
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4th February 2010, 05:12 AM | #4 |
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I gave the piece a fast cleaning and etch and it has a nice wootz pattern but more work is needed.
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4th February 2010, 05:14 AM | #5 |
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Can't wait to see it!!
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4th February 2010, 05:10 PM | #6 |
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me too.
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26th February 2010, 11:51 PM | #8 |
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Nice dendrites! Boy, those must have been a pain to make!
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27th February 2010, 04:25 AM | #10 |
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So it is wootzy!
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