As requested a while back, here are closeups of the blade on my kris:

XasteriX
There is flaws on yours that would indicate a laminated structure.

Battara
Honestly, can't tell for yours !

This is the same result that came up when you etched one of my krises, Jose.
Mystifying.... :confused:

They probably are forge folded. Maybe the steel was well refined and almost homogeneous. Or, there is no carbon difference in the initial steel so, it is hard to discriminate the layer. In those cases, best is to search for flaws or bad welding.

Thanks very much for the assessment! :) Now I know.

That is a very good point, and so only the heat tempering would show then.

BTW- for whoever is interested in the internal structure of the hilt- part of the horn hilt had a wide crack, so I decided to open it up and secure the surface gap with no-sag epoxy (I don't want tu fill up the whole interior because that would significantly alter the wield).

It's difficult to take pics, but this is the most decent close up I can get. It seems that the tang was extended by welding a portion of a small honing rod (or sharpening steel) and ran all the way to the peen bolt. The inside of the hilt had small bits of wood used as lightweight fillers.

I find this interesting because I felt that the retrofitter had to make do with whatever materials were immediately available. It's a testament to the ingenuity of artisans in a previous era.