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Originally Posted by CourseEight
I don't know much about the particulars of altering or making blades, or how things like acid etcing would affect the wootz pattern, but doesn't it look like the "ladder" is actually slightly upraised from the body of the blade?
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This is sort of "optical illusion", if you will. The "ladders" are not raised, they just appear as such. As with most well defined "Kirk Narduban" aka "Ladder" patterns, they appear visually raised, so it's a normal "visual effect". Also, it just can not be acid etch. An entire pattern appears 100% naturally formed.