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ALEX · 31st December 2007, 09:13 AM

Thank You Ward, Ariel, Jim, Rick and Jeff for nice discussion and informative opinions. I agree with Ward, I doubt is can be representation of a dog, as dogs would Never appear on anything of spiritual importance in Middle East. Also, I think the name Kalb, or Kalib, even sounding similar to "dog" in Arabic does NOT mean it literally. Jeff, the stamp does read "AssadUllah" and not Kalib Ali, but you've made very interesting point and suggestion. Thank You!
Ariel, I agree with your point, it does look Shamsy, BUT it has a fairly high contrast, and Shams is defined as low contrast wootz. Here is the picture of what Artzi describes as "Fantastic Wootz!", and I agree with him, even though it's wawy without any planar distortions, it is of high contrast, and this does mean quality! I inspected it very closely, and test-etched it, and this sword, when cleaned, will look similar.
Thanks to All!

31st December 2007, 09:13 AM	#11
ALEX Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 936	Thank You Ward, Ariel, Jim, Rick and Jeff for nice discussion and informative opinions. I agree with Ward, I doubt is can be representation of a dog, as dogs would Never appear on anything of spiritual importance in Middle East. Also, I think the name Kalb, or Kalib, even sounding similar to "dog" in Arabic does NOT mean it literally. Jeff, the stamp does read "AssadUllah" and not Kalib Ali, but you've made very interesting point and suggestion. Thank You! Ariel, I agree with your point, it does look Shamsy, BUT it has a fairly high contrast, and Shams is defined as low contrast wootz. Here is the picture of what Artzi describes as "Fantastic Wootz!", and I agree with him, even though it's wawy without any planar distortions, it is of high contrast, and this does mean quality! I inspected it very closely, and test-etched it, and this sword, when cleaned, will look similar. Thanks to All! Attached Images Last edited by ALEX; 31st December 2007 at 09:37 AM.