Persian wootz double spearhead
Finely crafted wootz blade, and golden inlays at the base.
Persian wootz spearhead
Made using Persian wootz. Pronounced features, chiseled socket.
South Indian pattissa
An early example, late Vijayanagara empire, with a fine wootz spatulate blade.
Damascening
Inlaying or overlaying of gold or silver on another metal.
A katar with true inlay decoration
Late 17th century. With wootz blade and enamel chape.
Wootz talwar with pierced scabbard
With fine gold overlaid hilt, tight-grained wootz blade and elaborately pierced scabbard.
Talwar hilted shamshir
With a very fine Persian blade of "brilliant black" wootz.
Wootz
Description
Wootz is the commonly used name for a type of crucible steel with an elaborate pattern
Phaulād (फौलाद्)
Nepali word for wootz, a type of prized crucible steel.
A curved Deccan katar
With elaborately pierced and chiseled hilt.
A Deccan chilanum
With wootz blade, and silver overlaid hilt that was finished with fire-gilding.
Large wootz talwar
The hilt inlaid with silver, once blued for added contrast.
A very good Afghan pulouar
With wootz handle with fine pierced pommel dome.
An exceptional khanda
With wootz blade and wootz Hindu basket hilt
A fine khanda with pierced hilt
Presented here is a beautiful khanda with an exceptionally fine pierced hilt.
