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Old 02-18-2007, 12:58 PM
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Default Re: Damascening a sheep with a Lindsay

Thanks Tim and Steve,
The finger cot is to keep calluses from forming. I have been using the tungsten piston for this work.
Damascening is an old term for overlay. It comes from the fact that most of this type of work at one time came from Damascus. The city was, as many knife making history buffs can attest, one of the centers of metalworking innovation. Damascus , of course had a highly developed weapons industry by the time of the Sassanid empire, under the Persians, long before the Caliphate.
The term Damascene has been used to describe many other forms of decoration.
This photo I took at the Hassan Mosque in Cairo. This is a small detail of a door which was made in the 1300's. The door was about twelve foot tall . The door is made of cedar, sheathed in bronze. The entire door was engraved with overlays of Gold and Silver. The small detail at the bottom is about the size of a half dollar, and is Damascened.
http://www.touregypt.net/featurestor...ssanmosque.htm

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