[QUOTE=Drabant1701;27125 On many of my wootz blade there are lines on the spine, but on this one it one countiouos line all along the spine from point to grip.[/QUOTE]
Please find my topic “ How the wootz blades were forged?”
You are absolurtly correct: many wootz blades have a “seam” or a “crack” of various lenght on their spine. This is where the slag comes out during forging. In your case, with a very long and uninterrupted “seam” , it strongly suggests that the blade was forged together from two thin wootz blades, leaving free distal components .
I am still waiting for Ric Furrer report on the composition of wootz and pics of polished and etched fractured area.
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