Published: 6 April, 2008, 11:18
Edited: 6 April, 2008, 11:18
Craftsmen from the small town of Zlatoust in the Russian Urals are sceptical about modern technologys when it comes to weapon-making. They stick to old-fashioned methods, like the 19th-century technique of decorating their swords and sabres with elaborate
An exhibition of Zlatoust engraving is on at Moscow’s Tsaritsino museum until May 11.