Posted in Knives on 09/07/2010 03:09 pm by Blade Runner
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Can anyone identify this knife Italian?
in the ear that says ICT italy on one side and one on the 7431 patent seems like a stiletto, but has Miniature a groove in the road which has a stag handle
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Knife Stag
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Posted in Knives on 05/19/2010 10:47 pm by Blade Runner
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Can someone re-word this?
During the first millennium B.C.E. a highly superior steel product was made in India, in a region near Hyderabad. Well known for its strength and its wavy patterned surface, it was especially desirable for making sword blades. Some think that the ore found in that area just happened to have the right impurities to give the steel special properties. The hot iron was repeatedly forged and folded to produce a metal of extremely high quality that became famous all over the ancient world. It was especially sought after by Europeans, who called it "wootz"; by Moors living in Spain, who used it to make their Toledo blades; and by Arabs, who used it in their famous Damascus swords.
The ONLY sentence I would reword (IMO) is:
Some think that the ore found in that area just happened to have the right impurities to give the steel special properties.
try: Some think that the ore found in that area contained certain impurities that gave the steel that was made from it those aesthetic properties.
BTW, who are the "Some"? It would make a stronger sentence if you specified who the "some" are. Historians? Metallurgists?
I would also take out the comma after 'Spain'
Damascus Blade
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