A Pedang

[Maurice]

Originally Posted by SwordsAntiqueWeapons

Perhaps Maurice has done a study or paper on them?

I have had several of these in my hands.
The scabbardmouth and -tip indeed are missing.
sometimes they are from carbao horn, sometimes bone, and sometimes bone with smaller rings of carbao horn in between.
These pieces were attached to the scabbardprotrusions (which we can see on the images) with small horn-, bone- or wooden pegs.

Maurice

[blue lander]

I cleaned the blade up a bit and etched it a little bit. It seems that the character of the steel is different at the very edge. There's virtually no laminations and the steel is brighter. Is there a reason for this?

Also, is it correct to call this pamor?

[A. G. Maisey]

Based upon what I can see in the photographs, as well as my long experience with this type of blade, it is my opinion that this blade is laminated iron and the edge is formed from a piece of steel which has been sandwiched between the laminated iron that forms the body of the blade. Close examination will possibly reveal that the heat treat was carried out on the edge only, not by plunging the blade point first into the medium used to cool.