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Old 9th July 2013, 09:55 AM   #1
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Hello Detlef,

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the rusty blade seems simple forged but I like the handle.
I'm pretty sure that the heavy rust hides a genuine, laminated blade. Please post pics after cleaning and staining! I hope we'll be able to glean some more info from "reading" the blade!

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Old 9th July 2013, 04:50 PM   #2
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Hello Detlef,


I'm pretty sure that the heavy rust hides a genuine, laminated blade. Please post pics after cleaning and staining! I hope we'll be able to glean some more info from "reading" the blade!

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Kai
Hello Kai,

agree again with you, the blade is most probable laminated but maybe not careful forged, I see forging flaws. We will know more after I have received it and have worked on it.

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Old 20th July 2013, 03:11 PM   #3
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Have received it and it is a utility knife in form of a golok and the blade is laminated. But I only have removed the active rust and have decided to let the blade dark like this. Maybe by time the handle will get a new ferrule from brass.
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Old 22nd March 2020, 04:58 PM   #4
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Here a picture after the blade get cleaned and etched.
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Old 22nd March 2020, 07:49 PM   #5
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Very good piece, Detlef! Good work: I knew there were some nice laminations hiding...

Interesting to see that the enlarged tip was planned for and not just forged out from uniform stock.

BTW, what is the blade's thickness?

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Old 22nd March 2020, 11:08 PM   #6
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Very good piece, Detlef! Good work: I knew there were some nice laminations hiding...

Interesting to see that the enlarged tip was planned for and not just forged out from uniform stock.

BTW, what is the blade's thickness?
Thank you Kai! I've known it as well, the lamination was visible despite the hard corrosion, one reason to clean the blade.
It's a very massive knife, it's 9 mm thick at the base and still 3 mm near the tip of the blade.

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Old 22nd March 2020, 11:48 PM   #7
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I LOVE what you did with the blade!
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