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ariel · 1st November 2014, 08:54 PM

And, BTW, can anyone show us examples of the unquestionably Central Asian -made wootz blades?

They have used Persian wootz blades and just dressed them according to the local fashion. Thus, it wood be interesting to see what those Bukharan or Afghani blade smiths were capable of. Then we hopefully can compare the quality of Choora blades to the standards, Persian or local.

Egerton specifically mentioned Khorasan as one of production sites, thus Gavin's example might be a remounted one.

1st November 2014, 08:54 PM	#52
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	And, BTW, can anyone show us examples of the unquestionably Central Asian -made wootz blades? They have used Persian wootz blades and just dressed them according to the local fashion. Thus, it wood be interesting to see what those Bukharan or Afghani blade smiths were capable of. Then we hopefully can compare the quality of Choora blades to the standards, Persian or local. Egerton specifically mentioned Khorasan as one of production sites, thus Gavin's example might be a remounted one. Last edited by ariel; 1st November 2014 at 09:08 PM.