Resin, traditional recipies

[tunggulametung]

Originally Posted by Spunjer

yep, galgal is indeed used, but i'm not sure if that's the colloquial term for sap, or the name of the tree itself.

Pine tar might be the one used to seal the rope that wrap the hilt, just a guess since it has similar properties with Tien Ta Yao Gin , maybe one of the ingredients of galgal too.

@ Migueldiaz, yes sukun is similar but kluwih has more esoteric properties in Java , but I'll try both whenever possible. The fruit sap is sticky that you want to oil the knife before you cut, but I think the gata is too weak to serve the purpose, I'll try the one from the tree .

[migueldiaz]

Originally Posted by tunggulametung

@ Migueldiaz, yes sukun is similar but kluwih has more esoteric properties in Java , but I'll try both whenever possible. The fruit sap is sticky that you want to oil the knife before you cut, but I think the gata is too weak to serve the purpose, I'll try the one from the tree .

tunggulametung, thanks, and pls. do let us know what your experiments will yield!

[tunggulametung]

Originally Posted by migueldiaz

tunggulametung, thanks, and pls. do let us know what your experiments will yield!

Sure , along with gondorukem which I have try and find not suitable. More soon.

@ mandaukudi: If I may suggest, hot water method first before other heat sources

[David R]

Gutta percha was the wonder substance of the Victorian age used to make stuff from removeable shirt collars to revolver grips. So good, so usefull, they rendered the tree from which it came, of the same name, functionally extinct. "It is illogical to render extinct a species you find so usefull" to paraphrase a certain Vulcan.