mosaic damascus: Shah 1
Description
Mosaic blade, forged from a carbon steel pack (M76T, ШХ15, 50А) with nickel added. The unique pattern is obtained by forging the pack with nickel strips between the pack components. This is a very laborious technology requiring the highest smithing skills, allowing for blades with very high performance parameters (blade hardness on the edge 58-60 HRC) and completely unique aesthetic qualities.
Blade in raw state (unsharpened). Partial concave grind, the upper half of the blade ground to a false edge.
Blade length: 190 mm
Blade width (max.): 30 mm
Blade thickness (max.): 5.5 mm
Tang length: 85 mm
Manufacturer: Smith Matveev, Bryansk, Russian Federation