Check out this article on Damascus steel. Think of the work it took to come up with this process all those centuries ago - pretty impressive.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/28/science/28observ.html?ex=1165381200&en=993ac70d8365eff4&ei=5070&emc=eta1
or
http://www.jarodkearney.com/id18.html
Thursday, November 30, 2006
sgian dubh - historical accuracy versus experimentation
Here is a sgian dubh I made a while back. It has a trilobite inlay, which I realize is not historically accurate, but it seems to work somehow.
An interesting question is at what point does a piece no longer retain it's original meaning because of creative license? Is a Scottish dirk still a dirk if it has a tanto blade? What about pieces that is correct in form, but the building materials are completely wild. How obsessive should one be about proper nomenclature?
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