Damascus bladed shashka

erlikhan · 12th April 2005, 02:19 PM

ok. finally the pictures. damascus blade, both sides gold koftgari, one bigger and other small.. length 95 cm. and in addition to my first question, anybody suggests which tribe it belongs to?

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regards

Andrew · 12th April 2005, 04:00 PM

Erlikhan, that's a beautiful sword, thanks for sharing it!

It's difficult to discern from the photos: is the blade wootz or pattern-welded?

I'm struck by the beautiful fullering. It reminds me of the fullering often seen on Chinese dao. Also, do I see gold/brass dots inlaid into the blade? Is that common for a shashka?

Andrew

erlikhan · 12th April 2005, 06:56 PM

Andrew, it is wootz with a rather low contrast. the dots are just some kind of stain, perhaps beginning of rust?. they seem to remove easily without any pitting left behind
regards

12th April 2005, 02:19 PM	#1
erlikhan Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Istanbul Posts: 452	ok. finally the pictures. damascus blade, both sides gold koftgari, one bigger and other small.. length 95 cm. and in addition to my first question, anybody suggests which tribe it belongs to? http://www.pbase.com/erlik1453/inbox regards Last edited by erlikhan; 12th April 2005 at 03:22 PM.

12th April 2005, 06:56 PM	#3
erlikhan Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Istanbul Posts: 452	Andrew, it is wootz with a rather low contrast. the dots are just some kind of stain, perhaps beginning of rust?. they seem to remove easily without any pitting left behind regards Last edited by erlikhan; 12th April 2005 at 07:19 PM.

12th April 2005, 04:00 PM	#2
Andrew Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: USA Posts: 1,725	Erlikhan, that's a beautiful sword, thanks for sharing it! It's difficult to discern from the photos: is the blade wootz or pattern-welded? I'm struck by the beautiful fullering. It reminds me of the fullering often seen on Chinese dao. Also, do I see gold/brass dots inlaid into the blade? Is that common for a shashka? Andrew