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Old 10th March 2012, 05:31 PM   #2
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Originally Posted by KuKulzA28
I do swear by him, . His balik mipih is "Indonesian san mai damascus steel". I don't know if this was learned elsewhere by him or has been the intellectual property of him and his teacher and teacher's teacher for a long time.. In any case he is a pretty skilled smith.

But just a question, how can you tell if something is san-mai? I don't know what to look for. San-mai means there's 3 layers right?
Do you have any photos of this balik mipih work?
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