19c Damascus Khuk on ebay....

Caveat Emptor. I don't like high dollar items with poor pictures and very vague descriptions. The knife appears to be mounted in brass, comes with a simple sheath, and has a plain blade. If it is domascus the photos certainly do not show it. About the only thing I can make out is a possible forging flaw along one of the edges. It may just be a 20th century village khukuri styled after a 19th century knife like the one shown below.
 

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Domascus steel?

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Very nice knife. Obviously old. Difficult to say from the picture if it is pattern welded, wrought iron/steel or wootz. Cloudy areas as well as cutting edge look a bit more like wootz than PW.

Achim
 
Regardless of age, it does look like it was made by someone who knew what they were doing. All of the lines are very clean, including the SoS and cho.
 
There is such an effect as alloy banding in steel. Makes it look like the blade is laminated, or wootz. However in reality its just the various alloys in the homogenous steel banding together funnily. Looks neat though, and Ive noticed it alot in HI khuks when etched. Always wondered if its the steel the kamis are using or the way theyre forging the blades. Anyways my first thought when I saw this khuk, was alloy banding, but then who knows.
 
I really like the work on the sword of siva. Wonder if the kami's could reproduce nice clean ones like that.

Foxy
 
I'm with n2s on this one, and all of the seller's offerings. These pics are PhotoShop manipulated images which intentionally blur detail that could be significant, especially where the claim is something so uncommon as Damascus/Wootz/pattern welding/whatever in a khukuri blade. It is a handsome and well-made looking knife, but I would not spend my money on the assertion that it is D/W/pw/w based on those photos. My Confederate 2 cents worth.
 
It sold for $676.

These pics are PhotoShop manipulated images which intentionally blur detail that could be significant ...

The photos had no digital watermark and the binary contained no English text (e.g. "adobe") which would be characteristic of a Photoshop-processed image.
 
Nice looking knife. Probably made after 1920 and the scabbard doesn't match, nor is there a tinder pouch or karda & chakmak.

Caveat emptor my friends.
 
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