Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd September 2008, 05:53 AM
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Replies: 24
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I had thought that the Indian slot was in...
I had thought that the Indian slot was in sections of short lengths (each section isolated)..like Jens said, but when I was in India last year I saw Gopilal Banwharlal..a smith in Udaipur...start to...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th June 2008, 06:32 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 42,924
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th June 2008, 02:58 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 42,924
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th June 2008, 04:32 AM
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Replies: 39
Views: 42,924
Hello All,
I just found this discussion.
It...
Hello All,
I just found this discussion.
It is an interesting blade. I have not seen this pattern before.
I saw many odd patterns while at the Alwar Armory in India last year..some in...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd February 2008, 08:12 PM
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Replies: 4
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th February 2008, 05:13 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 5,357
Hello All,
I do not know much about the swords...
Hello All,
I do not know much about the swords of that location or time period, but the steel is more like that resulting from alloy banding than anything else.
The wave appears to come from the...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
29th January 2008, 12:24 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 20,565
Hello,
Pure nickel will not go liquid and run...
Hello,
Pure nickel will not go liquid and run at the temps used for forge-welding, but a high carbon material containing nickel may.
What I find interesting, being ignorant of many things about the...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
28th January 2008, 02:54 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 20,565
Hello,
Unless the structure in question has...
Hello,
Unless the structure in question has been chemically tested I do not think we can say what it is.
As for naturally occurring titanium...in some form of oxide yes, but it does not really look...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
26th January 2008, 10:58 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 20,565
The issue here is choice of materials for the...
The issue here is choice of materials for the technique involved. Keris pamor is made by "Solid-phase welding" in which the two materials are forced into contact and share electrons and eventually...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th January 2008, 03:48 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 13,857
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th October 2007, 04:58 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 11,406
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
3rd October 2007, 02:21 PM
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Replies: 75
Views: 85,403
Alan,
There is some solice in pain (says the...
Alan,
There is some solice in pain (says the fat American:) ). ..it can be noble.
I bleed regular when making blades...just did last night after the thing was finished..stupid move on my part.
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
3rd October 2007, 04:00 AM
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Replies: 75
Views: 85,403
Alan,
I envy your experiences with the...
Alan,
I envy your experiences with the Empu...learning traditional craft is a hobby of mine...I was in India in Feb/March looking at museums and talking to smiths (Bhanwarlal) in Rajisthan (North...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
2nd October 2007, 03:08 PM
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Replies: 75
Views: 85,403
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
1st October 2007, 04:51 PM
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Replies: 75
Views: 85,403
Michel,
In your photos your show glass and...
Michel,
In your photos your show glass and crucible as raw materials.
What exactly is "crucible" ?
-------a crucible is a ceramic container which holds the molten metal in the furnace.
Why do...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
1st October 2007, 03:41 AM
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Replies: 75
Views: 85,403
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
1st October 2007, 03:26 AM
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Replies: 75
Views: 85,403
Alan,Michel,Graham and All,
I like...
Alan,Michel,Graham and All,
I like borax..sometimes with some cast iron filings for a tricky weld..it goes liquid and baths the work.
I am lucky in that I have a rather fully tooled shop (50 weight...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
28th September 2007, 02:19 PM
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Replies: 75
Views: 85,403
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
25th September 2007, 03:02 PM
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Replies: 75
Views: 85,403
Yes indeed I did melt it...its my "thing".
I...
Yes indeed I did melt it...its my "thing".
I used Nantan meteorite from China and it has 6-7% nickel...the color tone from 7% is not too different from 2% so I diluted it to 2% with iron and added...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
24th September 2007, 04:41 PM
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Replies: 75
Views: 85,403
Lemmy,
I heard about a smith geting permission...
Lemmy,
I heard about a smith geting permission and using the Windsor iron in some work..I assume that is you.
Nice bit of work there.
I have done a bit of work with meteorites over the years as...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th August 2007, 01:46 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 5,945
Flavio,
If you are looking for a cultural...
Flavio,
If you are looking for a cultural exchange that shows an original "inventor" and spread of technique then you will find nothing.
Given the time and a large enough sample body many...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th August 2007, 04:58 PM
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Replies: 91
Views: 138,473
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th August 2007, 12:55 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 15,353
Rand,
That barrel is worth reproducing. Another...
Rand,
That barrel is worth reproducing. Another smith is coming to my shop this winter and we were planning on making some barrels. I would enjoy as many pictures as you can provide...especially of...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th July 2007, 02:31 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 9,339
Hello All,
Indeed it was Jeff who pointed the...
Hello All,
Indeed it was Jeff who pointed the direction of the mill ball.
The few I have had chemically tesed which a friend had from India were high in chromium which places it outside the wootz...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd July 2007, 06:29 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 12,626
Hello All,
I would recomend this article by...
Hello All,
I would recomend this article by Kevin Cashen:
http://swordforum.com/forge/roadtodamascus.html
Kevin is a talented smith with a genuine interest in history and science.
I would...
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