Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st March 2006, 12:01 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th February 2006, 11:36 PM
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love those blades... very nice
i like the top...
love those blades... very nice
i like the top one alot... ... were they etched in sulphuric
the bottom one..... the pattern near the spine looks abit sham like... with the straight long lines.. ...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th January 2006, 01:38 PM
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That is the 50 dollar question ? :)
is...
That is the 50 dollar question ? :)
is wootz a better sword steel that regular high carbon steel...
this is very hard to tell.... since if both steels are heat treated right.....they will...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th January 2006, 04:40 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th January 2006, 03:50 PM
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I agree with Jeff
pattern welding or forge...
I agree with Jeff
pattern welding or forge folding or mechanical damascus... still produces a design that can be revealed..... if you are using dis-similar materials, it is easy to see the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th January 2006, 06:29 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th January 2006, 01:28 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th January 2006, 02:12 PM
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Hi
yes....currently my thinking is leaning...
Hi
yes....currently my thinking is leaning towards being historically accurate..... after all, why should we make new standards for crucible steel when there were already some in place...
i...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th January 2006, 12:45 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th January 2006, 06:29 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th January 2006, 03:23 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th January 2006, 02:31 PM
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after rereading some of Al-Kindi's words on...
after rereading some of Al-Kindi's words on arabic swords.... i still feel that we are getting too strict with our definitions of wootz/poulad steel. I'm still leaning towards all the crucible...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th January 2006, 06:01 PM
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hi
the sham pattern can be produced with both...
hi
the sham pattern can be produced with both hyper and hypo eutectic steel.... ofcourse.... my idea of a sham pattern is where the waterings are very straight... the pattern is controled by how...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th September 2005, 02:23 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th September 2005, 12:50 AM
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some wootz blades have the steel tang welded...
some wootz blades have the steel tang welded on... this maybe the case?
its a hard to tell whether this is banding or wootz... but it does look good no matter what it is... I think only a...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd August 2005, 08:47 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th August 2005, 04:08 PM
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thank you
I understand why the museums...
thank you
I understand why the museums dislike this method...... after all you have to polish the blade to 600grit prior to dipping the blade in the acid.. .. all of the hilt material would...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th August 2005, 05:35 AM
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wootz etch tutorial
Hi all
Vassili has been kind enough to host and review my article..
I thought some maybe interested in seeing it
http://playground.sun.com/~vasya/Obach-01.html
Greg
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th August 2005, 02:56 AM
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Hi
it's is also possible that the rivet is a...
Hi
it's is also possible that the rivet is a repair..... just that I have a suspicious feeling that is was made like this..
- yes... riveting would be a very well known practice back then.. ...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th August 2005, 04:57 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th June 2005, 03:15 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th June 2005, 04:39 PM
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yes I agree that many texts have said the...
yes I agree that many texts have said the buttweld was inferior...... and welding is only as good as the smith is...... ... (there are many examples of bad welds )
- actually, there was many...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th June 2005, 04:25 PM
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bizarre... I'm changing my opinion..... ...
bizarre... I'm changing my opinion..... looking at the spine of Rick's knife I am agreeing with Tom...
- the edge was and spine was formed by inserting the core (with a scarfed edge) into a...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd June 2005, 05:33 AM
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oh I see...... my idea of a sandwich is...
oh I see...... my idea of a sandwich is basically a stack of flat laminates...
as for the center .... its to your advantage to add a layer inbetween when you fold steel... it makes up for the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st June 2005, 02:06 PM
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I second the sandwich billet for the top..
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I second the sandwich billet for the top..
basically its a flat stack...forged out ... then the final shape is forge on the edge of the billet.... like turning a sandwich sideways so you can...
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