wootz tulwar sword

[Richard Furrer]

Hello All,
I have been away from this list for a long while, but thought you folk may enjoy this step-by-step (more or less) of a new sword I am working on.
Most of the process is straight forward once you see it done once.

http://forums.dfoggknives.com/index.php?showtopic=3546

Ric
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Richard Furrer
Sturgeon Bay, WI
www.DoorCountyForgeworks.com

 

[knife saber]

That's a really nice tulwar. Do you have any plans to make any other patterns? Maybe a scimitar?

 

[Richard Furrer]

Saber,
I have a heat treated kilij (kilik) here made from wootz that I have been wanting to get back to for some time. It is loosely patterned on the one which belonged to Mehmet the Conquer which is in the Topkapi Palace Museum in Istanbul, Turkey.
I have forged shamshir from this material, but do not have any on order at the moment.

If you like shamshir you may find this thread interesting. It is not wootz, but the pattern-weld looked good and the overall sword functioned well.
http://forums.swordforum.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=50318

Ric

 

[Keith Montgomery]

Ric, your wootz is second to none, and that sword is outstanding.

 

[Keith Montgomery]

By the way, I have a knife made from your wootz (by Tai), so I know of what I speak. One of these days I'm going to get you to make me one.

 

[willrise]

Sweet Sword