Curious Iranun kampilan feature

kai · 27th December 2023, 02:43 AM

Hello Gavin,

Yes, kampilan blades do have a bit of flex (and will return true if things are not overdone).

As you assumed, Ray was referring to the blade setting a bend from poorly aligned cutting attempts; usually, this can be manually straightened out again. (Obviously, this should be avoided with antique blades; OTOH, some trial & error is part of the valuable hands-on research and old blades can be surprisingly resilient...)

Regards,
Kai

27th December 2023, 02:43 AM	#18
kai Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 3,255	Hello Gavin, Yes, kampilan blades do have a bit of flex (and will return true if things are not overdone). As you assumed, Ray was referring to the blade setting a bend from poorly aligned cutting attempts; usually, this can be manually straightened out again. (Obviously, this should be avoided with antique blades; OTOH, some trial & error is part of the valuable hands-on research and old blades can be surprisingly resilient...) Regards, Kai