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Old 30th December 2016, 05:57 AM   #9
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Originally Posted by Green
Here is another example of talismanic marking on my old pandai saras blade, which is not obvious at a cursory glance.

But if you put the blade at a certain angle in good light, you can see cross hatches on one side and parallel small hatches on the other side.

These are obviously made for whatever purposes that I am not sure of.
I'm sorry Green, but that just looks like tool markings to me. I'm not convinced at all that these markings have a talismanic intention.
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