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29th April 2009, 10:47 PM
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Could it be old iron showing edge hardening Ferry ?
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30th April 2009, 01:31 AM
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some people said, it was caused by the impurities of the iron. |
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30th April 2009, 11:40 AM
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The 'smooth sand' is prob what is known as 'pamor miang' in peninsular keris context. It's not really a pamor, but some sort of crystallization. Experience is that metals exhibiting "pamor miang" are not very strong/hard, and is usually the non-cutting edge metal. Sometimes we see this in Sumatran kerises without pamor as well. Not sure how it is formed though.
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1st May 2009, 04:52 AM
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Thank You BluErf, the 'smooth sand' do not bother me any way. I'm quite pleased with the warangan work. the black colour seem strong and deep. specially after I put some keris oil on it. I took tho pisture immediately after the oiling, and it result nicely. here are some pictures before the warangan process. I hope you all enjoying the picture as I do. the third picture shows some lines as a result of the forging process. really love those lines. I've been looking for keris with lines. |
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1st May 2009, 05:23 AM
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the 'sand' like appearance you see is just the crystal structure of the steel/iron revealed by the etch. Probably a forest of pearlite crystals.
 Nice blade.
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1st May 2009, 08:52 AM
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3rd May 2009, 02:03 PM
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Nice keleng blade and good pictures.
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