Dave and Lonna's recent find a Moro Kris

[Rick]

Originally Posted by DaveS

Albert: No scabbard unfortunatly. The blade measures 19 inches, the handle
5 inches. The handle appears to be the normal hemp wrap with the black
lacquer cover or whatever it is that they used. The feather pattern is also
the deepest that iv'e ever seen. I simply can't figure out how it was done.
Was it etched, or was it pattern-welded. If one looks closely at the edges
of the blade by the gangya, where the deep part of the pattern ends there
are little strands of what appears to be nickle. Can anyone shed any light
on just how they did these twist-core patterns. Some look etched, some
look like they used nickel, and some look like a combination of the two....Dave

I have been wondering the same thing about the topographic features of the core, Dave .

D'you suppose the blade was taken to the point where it was almost finished except for the final sharpen and polish, and then treated with a resist, acid etched in that area and then given the final polish/sharpening; or was it done after ?