Is it wootz (sham)?

ariel · 9th January 2009, 04:45 PM

Please look here:
http://talks.guns.ru/forummessage/79/405583.html
Any opinions?

ALEX · 9th January 2009, 05:21 PM

My first guess was for wootz. Not the best quality pattern, but I think it is wootz... if judging by appearance. The chemanalysis would propably not confirm it:-)
Sham is by definition low contrast, and the contrast is high here, hence I'd not vote for sham.

Dom · 9th January 2009, 05:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ALEX

Sham is by definition low contrast, and the contrast is high here, hence I'd not vote for sham.

apparently, it's not a "Johar" I mean Arabic Damas

à +

Dom

RSWORD · 9th January 2009, 06:49 PM

In the woostz spectrum, most patterns with a very elongated grain, like this one, I would typically refer to as sham. As Alex states, most sham tends to have low contrast but I have seen over the years some with bolder contrast but all always have the real elongated pattern.

ariel · 9th January 2009, 11:43 PM

OK, next step:
This is an old Russian dagger.
Would it be Anosov/Chernov's bulat?

9th January 2009, 04:45 PM	#1
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	Is it wootz (sham)? Please look here: http://talks.guns.ru/forummessage/79/405583.html Any opinions?

9th January 2009, 05:21 PM	#2
ALEX Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 936	My first guess was for wootz. Not the best quality pattern, but I think it is wootz... if judging by appearance. The chemanalysis would propably not confirm it:-) Sham is by definition low contrast, and the contrast is high here, hence I'd not vote for sham. Last edited by ALEX; 9th January 2009 at 07:36 PM.

9th January 2009, 06:49 PM	#4
RSWORD Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Greensboro, NC Posts: 1,093	In the woostz spectrum, most patterns with a very elongated grain, like this one, I would typically refer to as sham. As Alex states, most sham tends to have low contrast but I have seen over the years some with bolder contrast but all always have the real elongated pattern.

9th January 2009, 11:43 PM	#5
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	OK, next step: This is an old Russian dagger. Would it be Anosov/Chernov's bulat?