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			Join Date: Dec 2004 
				Location: Istanbul 
				
				
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			anybody can define?Does this blade look like damascus?? 
		
		
		
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				Location: Haifa, Israel 
				
				
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			This is definitely a Damascus steel blade, pattern welded, in the pattern known as Turkish ribbon. It is clearly seen on the fifth photo from top. However the blade has seen better days and I wonder if it will be possible to polish and etch it so as to bring out the pattern. 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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			Thank you very much. As the pictures are the only clues I have , I couldnt determine. Offered in a local auction site. So, I can bid accordingly. 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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