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Old 14th December 2009, 11:58 AM   #4
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Originally Posted by eftihis
....the sword, althought is sharp, looks like is not expertly made (look at the places that the steel is folded, like was not cared too much for details.)...
Eftihis,
This is the first time I have to respectfully disagree with you:-)
The presence of fold line in my strong opinion is a sign of quality rather than carelessness. It is an indication of a folding process and I believe it was intentionally left by a smith to showcase the fact of him folding the steel, i.e. his last fold out of many. It is still used by dealers as the advantageous "selling point", proving the manual folding. Many high quality blades do have this line present, so it's a good thing! Unlike Katana blade, which has to be spotless, the thornier fold line on shamshir blade makes it more beautiful:-)
I also agree with Aristeidis. I do not think it is acid etched, in fact - it does not look acid etched at all (i.e. false wootz), even though it is quite strange to have uneven blade surface, and the pattern indicates real wootz, perhaps sham wootz.
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