Pedang Sasak Lombok

JBG163 · 31st October 2019, 07:22 PM

Hi David, thanks for your response. Concerning the age, I ask to an indonesian friend, which give me the period. That's not the word of god, but he is a long time collector of indonesian sword... He insists that it could be more early 19th but early isn't exclude.
Concerning the twist pamor, it good to know that a twist iron rod got more resistance than a straight one (mechanicaly, it's more difficult to tear of a twist rod fence than a normal one). Damascus and mixed metal can maybe put a little more elasticity here. So, even if there is no hard steel core, the way of tighten the steel fiber by twisting it make it harder to bend, but got some elasticity by the Damascus use (I say that as a blacksmith and, what I learn from my masters) . Sorry if my English isn't understood, I will try to reformulate if not. As everything, metal used is the key. I don't say I'm right btw, and maybe it's more a "talismanic" sword!

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31st October 2019, 07:22 PM	#3
JBG163 Member Join Date: Sep 2019 Location: France Posts: 208	Hi David, thanks for your response. Concerning the age, I ask to an indonesian friend, which give me the period. That's not the word of god, but he is a long time collector of indonesian sword... He insists that it could be more early 19th but early isn't exclude. Concerning the twist pamor, it good to know that a twist iron rod got more resistance than a straight one (mechanicaly, it's more difficult to tear of a twist rod fence than a normal one). Damascus and mixed metal can maybe put a little more elasticity here. So, even if there is no hard steel core, the way of tighten the steel fiber by twisting it make it harder to bend, but got some elasticity by the Damascus use (I say that as a blacksmith and, what I learn from my masters) . Sorry if my English isn't understood, I will try to reformulate if not. As everything, metal used is the key. I don't say I'm right btw, and maybe it's more a "talismanic" sword!