The aesthetic beauty of a patterned blade

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Turkish kilij blade early sham wootz 16th century

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Finest Indian pattern weld blade 18th century

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Tibetan hairpin Damascus 18th century

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Interesting Tibetan dagger blade with "jelly roll" Damascus pattern 19th century

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Chinese saber blade with twistcore AND a horse tooth hamon

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Indonesian Keris with unusual twisting pamor. Age unknown

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Keris blade with cool whirlpool pattern at base. Probably 19th century.

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Originally Posted by RSWORD

Chinese saber blade with twistcore AND a horse tooth hamon

Chinese saber blade with twistcore AND a horse tooth hamon


Interested in this.
Are there any more pictures?

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Originally Posted by benny.lee

Chinese saber blade with twistcore AND a horse tooth hamon


Interested in this.
Are there any more pictures?

Yes. I posted a separate thread on this sword some time back. You can use the search function to look for threads started by me or with the keyword horsetooth.

[estcrh]

Originally Posted by benny.lee

Chinese saber blade with twistcore AND a horse tooth hamon


Interested in this.
Are there any more pictures?

Here is a Chinese sword with a similar pattern from an old post.
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ht=horse+tooth


Now this is something I have not heard about before.

Originally Posted by Philip

There is no question that this saber is "the real McCoy" and is definitely not a modern repro.

However, a reader expressed doubts that this technique is used at present, and this post addresses this point only.

Yes, the "machi" (horse tooth) has been made recently by some Japanese smiths, following the tradition of the Gassan (moon mountain) sword school, which was said to have been founded centuries ago by an immigrant smith from China. Also, a contemporary swordsmith named Vincent Evans here in the US has made several Chinese style blades with this same equine dentition.

The Japanese tanto I posted is from the Gassan school, so supposedly there is a connection between the Chinese and Japanese Gassan school which might explain the Gassan wave like pattern , very interesting. Anyone see a similarity in the Chinese and Japanese pattern?

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Originally Posted by RSWORD

Finest Indian pattern weld blade 18th century

This is one of my favorite examples, you can get lost in it.