Solingen Presentational Sword

Jim McDougall · 10th January 2017, 11:36 PM

Detlef,
Thank you so much for that input!!!
There are quite a few guys around here who know these kinds of 'watered steel' blades, and I am about as far from a metallurgist as they come. I have always been under the impression that a faux Damascus was etched or somehow produced on the blade.
However, I know that while the mystery of wootz making was pretty much lost, in Germany and I think Russia, the skilled artisans did achieve some level of the cherished steel sometime in the 19th c.
Excellent information on the 'Eisenhauer' term, I will add to notes.
All the best
Jim

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10th January 2017, 11:36 PM	#6
Jim McDougall Arms Historian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Route 66 Posts: 10,200	Detlef, Thank you so much for that input!!! There are quite a few guys around here who know these kinds of 'watered steel' blades, and I am about as far from a metallurgist as they come. I have always been under the impression that a faux Damascus was etched or somehow produced on the blade. However, I know that while the mystery of wootz making was pretty much lost, in Germany and I think Russia, the skilled artisans did achieve some level of the cherished steel sometime in the 19th c. Excellent information on the 'Eisenhauer' term, I will add to notes. All the best Jim