Hi Kai,
I suspected it was monosteel, but I didn't know that the heat treatment on this kind of iron may cause this kind of (so wide spread) pattern.
Atlantia,
the kudi tranchang is 65 cm long (25,5 inches).
On Van Zonneveld book " traditional weapons of the indonesian archipelago" it is so described : a knife with a fanifully shaped blade and a long hilt, to which magical powers are attributed.
Paolo
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