“Pulen” Iron

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Originally Posted by Jean

Alan and GC,
Thank you for the very interesting discussion! In order to illustrate the subject for the non-specialists, are you able to show us a specimen of a blade with wesi pulen, although I realize that it may be difficult?
Regards

Jean, David,
Once I worked out how to post pictures, will be happy to show you what the local belief system means by Pulen. To make it more confusing, I warn you that I am an amateur, so I may wrongly represent the belief. haha.
And as always, in any keris identification, it is best identified by holding it and feeling it, pictures may not do justice.

May be it is not as difficult as you worried. On trying to be objective, to take the name out all together, it might have actually meant the following character: very fine grain, well packed, smooth iron, subject to some degree of erosion.

I believe it is likely something you have seen many times, likely to posses in your collection too.

Originally Posted by David

the word could be used as a reference to describe a quality of pamor.

Since pulen is iron character not pamor's, it is commonly well identified on minimum pamor blade.