Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Question marks on a supposedly Russian Yataghan with Shashka grip and “bulat” blade?

mariusgmioc · 22nd November 2020, 08:09 AM

Hello,
While it is very difficult to judge from the photos, the blade of the first example appears to be pattern welded and not wootz. And even if it is wootz, it definitely does not have the fine watering of antique wootz but looks more like modern sham.

PS: I know of a Russian blacksmith who can make some pattern welded blades with watering extremely similar to wootz. I have seen one of his steels in a sword of Gotscha Lagidse and I was quite convinced it was wootz.

22nd November 2020, 08:09 AM	#10
mariusgmioc Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Austria Posts: 1,870	Hello, While it is very difficult to judge from the photos, the blade of the first example appears to be pattern welded and not wootz. And even if it is wootz, it definitely does not have the fine watering of antique wootz but looks more like modern sham. PS: I know of a Russian blacksmith who can make some pattern welded blades with watering extremely similar to wootz. I have seen one of his steels in a sword of Gotscha Lagidse and I was quite convinced it was wootz. Last edited by mariusgmioc; 22nd November 2020 at 10:14 AM.