Your Thoughts on this one

ALEX · 21st February 2009, 09:43 PM

Steve, I do not think the pattern is Turkish Ribbon. It looks like sham: low contrast wootz, but I think it is mechanical, pattern weld and the low contrast was not caused by grinding - it was made/forged like this.

archer · 22nd February 2009, 09:42 PM

Alex, I also think that it's mechanically induced. It seemed weird that just the blade center was patterned and on either side there is a best just stripes of lamination showing. That why I asked if the center was a twist induced pattern.

Thank you,
Steve

22nd February 2009, 09:42 PM	#2
archer Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 373	pattern Alex, I also think that it's mechanically induced. It seemed weird that just the blade center was patterned and on either side there is a best just stripes of lamination showing. That why I asked if the center was a twist induced pattern. Thank you, Steve

21st February 2009, 09:43 PM	#1
ALEX Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 936	Steve, I do not think the pattern is Turkish Ribbon. It looks like sham: low contrast wootz, but I think it is mechanical, pattern weld and the low contrast was not caused by grinding - it was made/forged like this.