Eunjangdo

[Ren Ren]

Originally Posted by Philip

Regarding the alloy's use as a diagnostic tool -- somewhere in the past I read an article (can't remember where or when published) whose author stated that silver chopsticks were the norm at royal banquets because tarnishing during use could signal the presence of poison in the food.

After my post was published, I spoke with my friend from Germany and he said that the substance in urine that acts on the surface of copper alloys is ammonia. Its percentage and, if I may say so, "purity" are individual for each person, so the resulting color shades can vary quite a lot.

I also learned that silver reacts quickly with arsenic. Probably arsenic was the most common poison in antiquity. Therefore, the use of silver chopsticks in Korea as indicators of the presence of poison may have reasonable grounds.

[DaveA]

Thank you Ren Ren for the information. Some very good leads to follow. I recently started a new thread not having seen all the information in this one.

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...74832#poststop

My Eunjando:

[JoeCanada42]

very cool knife, I found many videos about eunjangdos on youtube, they were fun to watch, i linked some already

[rusanstar]

Hello JoeCanada42, I’m Korean, and this item is a traditional Korean craft. I’m also very interested in this field, so I could give you a detailed explanation about its historical origins, where it was made, and the meaning behind it. Would that be okay?