Tulwar with wootz blade!!

Flavio · 23rd January 2007, 05:28 PM

Hi all, finally i can show you my first wootz blade!!! I have etched just a little the blade and now you can just see the wootz, but i will etch a little more (it's more complicated to make evident wootz, more than on moro blades to show the laminations!!! any suggestions are welcome, i have used vinegar with semi-hot water). The handle is nice with black enamel, but it's rusty and i don't know what i have to do: i have to gently pass on the zones whitout enamel a fine iron wool or i have to leave the handle as it is? More the blade shows some letters - marks: can someone tell me what they mean? the blade shows also a part where two pieces of iron wootz were forged togheter (i think) and if i'm correct i have already read that sometimes this happens. Any ideas one the age? Unfortunatly the scabbard is in very poor conditions!!!! Thank you very much for the help!!

23rd January 2007, 05:28 PM	#1
Flavio Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Italia Posts: 1,243	Tulwar with wootz blade!! Hi all, finally i can show you my first wootz blade!!! I have etched just a little the blade and now you can just see the wootz, but i will etch a little more (it's more complicated to make evident wootz, more than on moro blades to show the laminations!!! any suggestions are welcome, i have used vinegar with semi-hot water). The handle is nice with black enamel, but it's rusty and i don't know what i have to do: i have to gently pass on the zones whitout enamel a fine iron wool or i have to leave the handle as it is? More the blade shows some letters - marks: can someone tell me what they mean? the blade shows also a part where two pieces of iron wootz were forged togheter (i think) and if i'm correct i have already read that sometimes this happens. Any ideas one the age? Unfortunatly the scabbard is in very poor conditions!!!! Thank you very much for the help!! Attached Images Last edited by Flavio; 23rd January 2007 at 06:13 PM.