[Sca-cooks] Damascus Question

[Lorenz Wieland]

Phlip wrote:
> Basicly, looks like a modified spear point... wouldn't be that hard to
> make....
>
> Anybody know what period?

Most of the surviving ones are from the 18th or 19th century, with at least
one being documented back to the 16th.  Haven't found any earlier cites
using the Persian name ("kard" is apparently just Farsi for "knife"), but
the design could very well be fairly ancient.

Here's the earliest one I can find:

http://home.clara.net/andywrobertson/dsl_issue01_02_dagger.html

Windlass makes a production model, but as with all things Windlass, caveat
emptor:

http://www.windlass.com/
http://www.medieval-weaponry.com/en-us/dept_777.html

-Lorenz