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4th August 2011, 09:46 PM
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Well Tom,
The thread was 'Share a picture of your favorite wootz blade'. I was the one who didn't, all the others did, but they only showed part of the blades, as it was not asked for to show the whole blade, only the wootz. Jens |
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4th August 2011, 11:09 PM
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Great additions to the thread guys. Jens, I love the Pata. Does the wootz appear to be a "veneer" applied over the top of a core steel guantlet? In discussions with Philip who polishes a lot of wootz, he has found that objects like armor, shields, flasks tend to have a veneer of wootz versus the entire object being forged of wootz. From your picture, I can see a couple of spots where maybe that veneer has worn away revealing the core steel. I imagine this is a great forging accomplishment and a testiment to the smiths skill.
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5th August 2011, 01:29 PM
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I have had another look at the gauntlet, and it is made of 'solid' wootz.
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