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Forum: European Armoury 2nd January 2009, 04:29 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 63,675
Posted By Jeff Pringle
Like most newspaper items on esoteric subjects,...

Like most newspaper items on esoteric subjects, there is often a bit (sometimes quite a bit :rolleyes: ) of error introduced between the interview and the page, so don’t be surprised the facts seem...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 17th December 2008, 10:49 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 6,249
Posted By Jeff Pringle
The answers are yes and yes! The alloy and...

The answers are yes and yes!
The alloy and cooling history of the ingot determine in a fundamental way the clarity, contrast and scale of the pattern, but then it is up to the smith to manipulate...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 17th November 2008, 07:49 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 27,605
Posted By Jeff Pringle
Yes, there has been some - but it is not finished...

Yes, there has been some - but it is not finished yet!
I'll take some photos soon and give an update.
:D :)
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 17th November 2008, 07:46 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 5,306
Posted By Jeff Pringle
I just got a look at a sword made of two ingots,...

I just got a look at a sword made of two ingots, welded together near the middle of the blade, and there were the remains of cuts where the smith had inlaid an inscription on both sides where the...
Forum: European Armoury 21st October 2008, 04:08 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 4,705
Posted By Jeff Pringle
Was the person telling you this your friend, or...

Was the person telling you this your friend, or your enemy?
Did they describe the effect the chemicals would have, or the reason they were selected? :confused:
Selenium dioxide is an oxidizing...
Forum: European Armoury 29th September 2008, 05:39 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 14,554
Posted By Jeff Pringle
I think much of the older ideas on this subject...

I think much of the older ideas on this subject are being overwritten, but with a hefty grant one could compare trace element analyses of metal and slag inclusions (via non-invasive XRF or similar)...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 12th September 2008, 06:31 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 13,295
Posted By Jeff Pringle
Muriatic is a 33% dilution of hydrochloric acid,...

Muriatic is a 33% dilution of hydrochloric acid, the main drawback/risk of using it is its propensity to form an acid fog that will coat every bit of steel (even stainless) in the room/building with...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 11th September 2008, 04:15 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 15,041
Posted By Jeff Pringle
This sword showed up recently on ebay, and was...

This sword showed up recently on ebay, and was described as a 19th Century Korean blade. It did not attract much interest, perhaps because it did not look particularly 19th C. nor much like the...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 7th August 2008, 05:50 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 27,605
Posted By Jeff Pringle
Yes, the grip is wearing a fuchi and kashira in...

Yes, the grip is wearing a fuchi and kashira in brass, the guard is a copper tsuba with 1/3 hacked off indicating that the new owner was right-handed and liked to carry the sword with the grip...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 5th August 2008, 10:07 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 27,605
Posted By Jeff Pringle
No desire to re-heat treat the blade, since I’m...

No desire to re-heat treat the blade, since I’m interested in what’s left of the original heat treating and it feels like that would be a final insult to this blade which has already had a tough...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 1st August 2008, 05:17 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 27,605
Posted By Jeff Pringle
It is to me, and it would need to be straightened...

It is to me, and it would need to be straightened to do the polishing correctly. Since the major warps were unfairly installed (if I’m reading the damage correctly, of course), and since with...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 31st July 2008, 05:38 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 27,605
Posted By Jeff Pringle
Interesting Yarifish, Lee! The carving’s stylized...

Interesting Yarifish, Lee! The carving’s stylized realism incline me to agree with the trend of the thread in thinking it was modified somewhere close in to Japan. I don’t think I have ever seen a...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 30th July 2008, 04:17 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 27,605
Posted By Jeff Pringle
Definitely omi-no-yari, definitely a composite...

Definitely omi-no-yari, definitely a composite piece. The re-hilting feels honest, it was done by someone who knew how to make a sword; it would be in better shape but it looks like late in life...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 14th July 2008, 12:46 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 27,605
Posted By Jeff Pringle
multi-cultural

Did you guys see this go by on ebay?
Looks to be a gen-u-ine Nihonto o-yari (“big spear” in Japanese), re-engineered with some Japanese sword parts into a sword by some islander(?), but where, and...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 16th June 2008, 07:41 AM
Replies: 39
Views: 30,884
Posted By Jeff Pringle
Marvelous, Alex – that’s what we need, those are...

Marvelous, Alex – that’s what we need, those are certainly tighter ladders than you run across in run-of-the-mill, everyday wootz. Now if you had a higher-resolution version of the photo, we could...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 9th June 2008, 05:39 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 30,884
Posted By Jeff Pringle
I located the blade for ’04 with the angle...

I located the blade for ’04 with the angle grinder zig-zags, as you can see there is a similarity to the way the ladders look even though the underlying character of the wootz is quite different, it...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 8th June 2008, 12:38 AM
Replies: 39
Views: 30,884
Posted By Jeff Pringle
I think we are looking at a level surface in...

I think we are looking at a level surface in those photos, and there is some optical illusion going on from the way the ladders were done.

Does anyone have a photo to post of a different blade,...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 6th June 2008, 03:41 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 30,884
Posted By Jeff Pringle
I agree the pits look ‘good,’ although they show...

I agree the pits look ‘good,’ although they show a slight preference for location at the ladder terminations in this shot, which I find suspicious; I may have picked the wrong hypothesis, but it is...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 6th June 2008, 10:53 AM
Replies: 39
Views: 30,884
Posted By Jeff Pringle
Since the patterning in wootz is intrinsic to the...

Since the patterning in wootz is intrinsic to the material, provided you don’t overheat it, taking an old blade back to the fire should be no more dangerous to the pattern than when it was initially...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 4th June 2008, 04:39 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 30,884
Posted By Jeff Pringle
It looks like an old blade reworked to me, there...

It looks like an old blade reworked to me, there is a 'modern' feel to the ladder rungs and how they are placed. This would require completely reforging the blade, so unless they started with a heavy...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 3rd June 2008, 05:52 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 12,995
Posted By Jeff Pringle
Agreed, theoretically possible, practically...

Agreed, theoretically possible, practically impossible!
:D
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 2nd June 2008, 05:06 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 12,995
Posted By Jeff Pringle
I’m sure you are right about that, but I still...

I’m sure you are right about that, but I still think it can be done. Metallic elements would not be removed during the forging, they are in the steel/iron alloy and would only be lost at the same...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 28th May 2008, 05:26 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 12,995
Posted By Jeff Pringle
There was a discussion a while back on whether or...

There was a discussion a while back on whether or not you could positively identify meteorite in keris blades, looks like science has caught up with our speculations!
:D :cool: ...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 18th May 2008, 08:58 AM
Replies: 35
Views: 33,895
Posted By Jeff Pringle
No problem, Gonzalo ;) My suspicion is that...

No problem, Gonzalo ;)
My suspicion is that Persian wootz has the better reputation because it has a large scale grain and high contrast, so people can see you've got wootz from across the room,...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 18th May 2008, 08:39 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 22,018
Posted By Jeff Pringle
Well, it is as if they still had the workshop set...

Well, it is as if they still had the workshop set up, the materials and tools at hand, and a basic knowledge of the techniques involved, but some how the desire or ability to do the work well had...
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