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Andreas Volk · 2nd October 2007, 02:27 PM

Hello Ariel,
Thank you very much for the close up - that is a strange beast. Actually I was suspecting something like what I tried to describe with the red lines in the attached picture.
As this sword also has a fitting scabbard i already asumed that (even if it was made from cut down kora) the tip would have been properly heat treated etc.
But I agree - from your pictures I can't see any feature that would hint this to be a "grinded/cut down" piece.
So we have to assume that it isn't.

Thanks a lot for the clarification. Something new to look at !

Andreas

2nd October 2007, 02:27 PM	#4
Andreas Volk Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: South of Germany Posts: 8	strange beast Hello Ariel, Thank you very much for the close up - that is a strange beast. Actually I was suspecting something like what I tried to describe with the red lines in the attached picture. As this sword also has a fitting scabbard i already asumed that (even if it was made from cut down kora) the tip would have been properly heat treated etc. But I agree - from your pictures I can't see any feature that would hint this to be a "grinded/cut down" piece. So we have to assume that it isn't. Thanks a lot for the clarification. Something new to look at ! Andreas Attached Images