What kind of iron ?

paolo · 1st July 2008, 10:13 AM

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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1st July 2008, 10:13 AM	#7
paolo Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 173	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