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Originally Posted by Battara
... It is regarding the inlay that he says are auspicious signs (if I understand him right). Although this is in the context of sikim panjang ...
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I 'play' english 'by ear', but i see it in a different way, although it comes to the same
. What he seems to say is that it is the flaming veins (Reuta) of the steel damascene (Kuree) that are an auspicious sign and that, some times such blades are (also) provided with gold wire incrustations ... such weapons being named Sikin Panjang Meutatah.
Fernando