Thank you Phillip and Nick for your informative replies. I have much to learn about pattern welding. It is nice to hear that the horse tooth pattern has been recreated/is still being made. I usually try and avoid making categorical statements that get me in trouble like I did, but I wanted to come down strongly against any claims the blade was recent.
Nick, I do not speak Chinese, just Chinese sword so I can just comment on the way I see "hua gang" used. It does not seem specific to particular pattern welds, but does seem to include all the more interesting ones while not referring to plain pattern welds. So I was trying to say that I don't know the name for the pattern weld, but that it would certainly be included with the "flowery" ones. The horse tooth pattern alone would support that.
Thank you both for the help.
Josh.
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