Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st October 2011, 02:55 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th October 2011, 03:13 PM
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the world changes...
its more than just...
the world changes...
its more than just the " standardization" factor ! Wootz is not something that i could ever see being efficiently produced compared to modern standards.. its a small...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th October 2011, 07:35 PM
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have you tried to cut armor ? try it
you...
have you tried to cut armor ? try it
you will be surprised, it does its job very well
- the only way to really know is to test it... don't read about it... go and test it to see for your own...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th October 2011, 03:20 PM
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good morning
your making very large...
good morning
your making very large assumptions about wootz being poor, and you know what happens when you assume ;)
actually, when wootz is processed well....and you put the carbide where...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th October 2011, 03:52 AM
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Hi RD
its actually simple...
1) ...
Hi RD
its actually simple...
1) Wootz damascus is a crucible steel... some ingredients are melted in a clay crucible till liquid then cooled slowly in the vessel. The goal is to produce...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th October 2011, 03:40 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th October 2011, 05:27 PM
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@ Lew
occasionally a crucible steel charge...
@ Lew
occasionally a crucible steel charge can be an incomplete melt... some of the low carbon wrought iron has not gone into solution in time... it is difficult to tell as when you look at the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th October 2011, 05:14 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th March 2010, 03:18 PM
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Mare don't ignore sword no. 8 ... it exists ...
Mare don't ignore sword no. 8 ... it exists
-just cause it doesn't support someones patent does not invalidate it... ..
or maybe the ancient smiths ran it through their spectroscope and figured...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th May 2009, 04:55 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st March 2009, 07:15 PM
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Hi Norman
in my opinion.. ( i'm not a...
Hi Norman
in my opinion.. ( i'm not a collector ) i'd have the handle rebuilt..it'll be obvious its new
- and waterings restored on fulad blade.. and no reshaping the tip and cop.. in my...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st March 2009, 07:05 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th March 2009, 05:03 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th March 2009, 06:17 PM
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excellent dagger !!
you have a beauty...
excellent dagger !!
you have a beauty there... i'd bet there is some very nice patterning fulad on that blade.... ofcourse it is functional.. and a nice slicer !
- it should easily etch a...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th June 2008, 03:53 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st March 2008, 08:17 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th January 2008, 06:16 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th August 2007, 02:48 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th July 2007, 12:34 PM
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also..
- could be a difference in metal ... ...
also..
- could be a difference in metal ... martensite will etch dark.. and pearlite is much lighter... ... some times an air jacket will insulate the blade in spots, when you quench it..
-...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th June 2007, 05:40 PM
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Hi
Journal of the history of Arabic science...
Hi
Journal of the history of Arabic science vol 1, 1978 pg 3-30
" Metallographic examination of Two Damascene steel blades
by Jerzy Piaskowski
two swords had strips of carbides in a...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th June 2007, 01:46 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th May 2007, 01:35 PM
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yes but it doesn't say they didn't make it in...
yes but it doesn't say they didn't make it in Persia... ;)
if you look at the structure of the crucible steels ... specially the waterings... they tell you there are some big differences in...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd May 2007, 08:00 PM
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Just my opinion
i think stainless will make...
Just my opinion
i think stainless will make a lousy knife no matter whos the smith.... if you want a knife that resist rusting... then stainless works well... and thats all i give it..
a good...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th May 2007, 12:06 AM
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Replies: 51
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd May 2007, 11:05 PM
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