Thanks Emanuel. 
 
I do find this area of Kris, Sundang and Keris very interesting. 
 
I am not smith but there are some very tricky methods used to obtain some very beautiful and amazing Gonjo that are often overlooked...some no matter how hard I look, I cannot fathom how they were made, equally so for the blades. 
 
With regards to the initial image presented, visually, to me, this appears to be a good insight in to twistcore manufacture well before final forging, a thick non flattened twistcore cross section.  Ric may be able to chime in here too. 
 
Lets see what comes out of the Twistie collectors collections.
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
			
				  
				
					
						Last edited by SwordsAntiqueWeapons; 14th August 2014 at 09:56 AM.
					
					
						Reason: Second thoughts on the alignment of the Twistcore Gonjo
					
				
			
		
		
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