[Sca-cooks] Damascus Question

[Phlip]

Ene bichizh ogsen baina shuu...

> 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

Thanks for the URLs, Lorenz. Now, by any chance, can you tell me what planet
the author of the article beamed in from, so I have  context in which to
figure out their jargon?

Saint Phlip,
CoDoLDS

"When in doubt, heat it up and hit it with a hammer."
 Blacksmith's credo.

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And never a rider who cain't be throwed....