Karo-Kalasan

[Roland_M]

Hello,

after restoring this nice Sumatra dagger, it became one of my favourite daggers in my collection.

According to Volz it is an old Karo-Kalasan as a dagger with a 30 cm (almost 12") long Taka-blade.

I received it in a very nasty condition, deep corrosion and active red rust.
I quickly decided, that it is worth the effort and this was a truly exhausting decision.
The blade was extraordinary hard to grind and polish, eats sandpaper like peanuts.
It took more than three weeks to grind and polish a simple shaped dagger! But the result is worth every effort.
It is a perfectly laminated shear steel with a wavy pattern a nice Hamon on one side and probably with an inserted cutting edge.
I`m really happy with my Kalsan and this was just the beginnig of a wonderful year 2017 for my collection.

I hope you enjoy the pictures and every comment is welcome.


Roland