albanian jambiya

TVV · 15th December 2005, 12:41 AM

Ariel's post brings up a great question: sometimes wootz (pulad) and very fine mechanical damascus are difficult to differentiate, as they look similar. I think Risk had a khyber knife that was controversial in this aspect, and I have a qama blade that I initially thought was wootz but now I believe is simply fine mechanical damascus (sorry for the enormour picture and its poor quality, the problem if partially in the camera and partially in the photographer

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Is there any way to tell the difference without a complex analysis causing harm to the blade?

15th December 2005, 12:41 AM	#4
TVV Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Bay Area Posts: 1,729	Ariel's post brings up a great question: sometimes wootz (pulad) and very fine mechanical damascus are difficult to differentiate, as they look similar. I think Risk had a khyber knife that was controversial in this aspect, and I have a qama blade that I initially thought was wootz but now I believe is simply fine mechanical damascus (sorry for the enormour picture and its poor quality, the problem if partially in the camera and partially in the photographer ) Is there any way to tell the difference without a complex analysis causing harm to the blade?