My First Traditional Kris

kai · 29th July 2011, 11:56 PM

Of course, Robert has to decide what he wishes to do.

From the pics, I don't see a lot of genuine patina (apparently none from original use) that I'd consider worth keeping. As far as I can tell, the blade got cleaned/polished early after being collected and gained some rust/etc. from neglect later on. IMHO nothing to be proud of.

I guestimate that there won't be any special laminations that would need to be shown; OTOH I'd love to examine the lamination patterns after an etch to glean more information on the crafting of this blade.

Regards,
Kai

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29th July 2011, 11:56 PM	#15
kai Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 3,255	Of course, Robert has to decide what he wishes to do. From the pics, I don't see a lot of genuine patina (apparently none from original use) that I'd consider worth keeping. As far as I can tell, the blade got cleaned/polished early after being collected and gained some rust/etc. from neglect later on. IMHO nothing to be proud of. I guestimate that there won't be any special laminations that would need to be shown; OTOH I'd love to examine the lamination patterns after an etch to glean more information on the crafting of this blade. Regards, Kai