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Old 23rd December 2012, 12:00 PM   #10
David R
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Originally Posted by Lew
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Most classic kards that I have seen have a flat grind blade geometry but these are of Turkish or Persian in origin. Yours is quite unique. As far as etching mine I can see the teeth from the file it was made from so there is little more to be seen if I were to etch it .
Are you sure they are the remains of a file's teeth, koftgari when stripped leaves behind a cross hatched pattern in the steel that can look like the remains of a file.
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