Pictures of the cartouches .
Translation anyone ?
Interesting about these; when you look at them the work looks a bit sloppy what with the material running off the edge .
Well, it actually carries across the edge and links with the cartouche on the other side .
Any ideas anyone cares to float about this phenomenon ?
The blade is not wootz as far as I can tell; I hit it pretty good with ferric chloride diluted to 20% .
