New purchase.

[Atlantia]

Originally Posted by A.alnakkas

While the images provided by David R are fuzzy, I can see some waves on the blade so lets give it the benefit of the doubt ! :-)

Without close-up daylight pics it's hard to tell. Those waves could be shear steel which is sometimes seen on these knives.

David, get thee outside with teh box brownie!

[David R]

Originally Posted by Atlantia

Without close-up daylight pics it's hard to tell. Those waves could be shear steel which is sometimes seen on these knives.

David, get thee outside with teh box brownie!

As requested/advised, here are some further photo's taken with natural daylight. The real limitation here is the quality of the camera....my phone! However there is some pitting in the blade, and removing this would be tantamount to reshaping the blade, so I will be content with a bit more of a cleanup, and then it goes on my wall.
What is clear in these pics is the area of differential hardening on the edge, as for the grain...sometimes I look at it and am not sure, other times I am certain I can see a wootz type pattern....