Which kind of steel is this ?
The blade (cca 60 cms long and originally very rusty), was mechanically cleaned, plunged into disodium salt of EDTA and again cleaned with a very fine steel brush, than cleaned in demi water and treated wit silicon oil.
I think the steel is not mechanical damascus, actually, I donīt know what to think about it. If I cleaned it too much deep, the structure(design) disappeared on some places (tip and near the tip). What is this ? I heard such design could be result of tempering (quenching), but I am not sure. (the handle is original except of the central rhomb rivet which is new).
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