Indians For Guns

I thought some one may be interested.Not pattern welded steel.

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showt ... p?t=794179

Winnie,

This is the pearlite in damask. However, 'wootz' is the actual steel. Very difficult to identify unless one knows what he is looking for, and from photos in the link I cannot make out. However, this is still being made in Udaipur and Sirohi. I have had quite a few swords made from wootz with both the pearlite and cementite showing, in effect, like salt and pepper. The hindi/ gujarati/ mewari term for this is 'sakela'. Have given order for a 'khanda' to be made from wootz and damascus currently to a swordsmith in Udaipur.

'wootz' in itself is a dodgy term in that that some experts say that the original wootz recipe is lost to time and others say that it wasnt a big deal and can be made easily but takes a bit of time.

Others say there is no need since the modern steel is of superb quality anyways.

I personally like 'jauhar' in steel.
Thanks for the link.

Great work! I guess this is as close they can get to the original Persian / Mughal blades now. Picture # 2 is a good example.

This is not the typical Damascus / Sankela that is produced commonly.