From Uzbekistan

Dom · 18th December 2010, 03:44 AM

Hi
during spring period, we crossed Uzbekistan, and in Bukhara I saw this blacksmith (pic)
honestly, I didn't been too much impressed by his production,
but frustrated to don't have found antic's I bought
(expensive, on my point of view, I hardly negotiated, but till yet expensive ... 250 box)

the first picture show 2 knifes;
one is really for tourist (present from a friend)
the other, it's a traditional knife with a "wootz steel" blade,
- hilt made with an horn, and a piece of mother of pearl at extremity
- scabbard is less than average, I imagined to see for a new one,
but to respect the "ethnography" I kept it as it is ...
all that is not to much "glorious", but it's at the level (presently) of the country

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Dom

Lew · 18th December 2010, 02:25 PM

Dom

Very nice but the second knife is pattern welded not wootz still a great knife to have in your collection. The smith used a random pattern billet and filed vertical grooves in the bar then he hammered the face of the billet flat and that is how he created the ladder effect.

18th December 2010, 03:44 AM	#1
Dom Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Paris (FR*) Cairo (EG) Posts: 1,142	From Uzbekistan Hi during spring period, we crossed Uzbekistan, and in Bukhara I saw this blacksmith (pic) honestly, I didn't been too much impressed by his production, but frustrated to don't have found antic's I bought (expensive, on my point of view, I hardly negotiated, but till yet expensive ... 250 box) the first picture show 2 knifes; one is really for tourist (present from a friend) the other, it's a traditional knife with a "wootz steel" blade, - hilt made with an horn, and a piece of mother of pearl at extremity - scabbard is less than average, I imagined to see for a new one, but to respect the "ethnography" I kept it as it is ... all that is not to much "glorious", but it's at the level (presently) of the country à + Dom Attached Images

18th December 2010, 02:25 PM	#2
Lew (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: East Coast USA Posts: 3,191	Dom Very nice but the second knife is pattern welded not wootz still a great knife to have in your collection. The smith used a random pattern billet and filed vertical grooves in the bar then he hammered the face of the billet flat and that is how he created the ladder effect.