MORO SILVER HILTED

josh stout · 24th July 2007, 03:51 PM

I have seen a lighter area at the forte of a blade on a Chinese dao that Philip Tom attributed to annealing. The idea was to reheat the base of the blade and let it cool slowly to increase durability at the expense of hardness in an area where hardness is not as important. This is not a comment on the underlying pattern of the steel, but the lighter area at the base of the blade looks almost exactly like what I saw on the dao.
Josh

Flavio · 24th July 2007, 05:28 PM

Thank you guys

!! Yeah, I will try to re-polished an etched again the blade hoping and praying that is a twisted core blade!!!! Any suggestion on the age? Is another end of 19th - early 20th century kris? (nothing wrong with kris of this age, of course

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Flavio · 24th July 2007, 06:16 PM

Well, since I will not have the time in the next few days to re-polish and re etch the blade I have a more close look at the blade: in on side there are three (maybe four) clear rows that comes from the gangya area untill the point in the middle portion of the blade (the center). On the other side these rows are clear but I can see also some other thinner lines (the others in the center of the blade are 0.6 mm circa of width). In the pictures you can see a photo taken before of the etching: there are some strange, how can I say, "cracks" on the blade....

kai · 24th July 2007, 08:15 PM

Hello Flavio,

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I will try to re-polished an etched again the blade hoping and praying that is a twisted core blade!!!!

Take your time - I'm pretty sure it is a twist core...

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Any suggestion on the age? Is another end of 19th - early 20th century kris?

I'd guess at late 19th century, possibly picked up during the Spanish-American war...

Regards,
Kai

kai · 24th July 2007, 08:26 PM

Hello Josh,

Quote:

I have seen a lighter area at the forte of a blade on a Chinese dao that Philip Tom attributed to annealing. The idea was to reheat the base of the blade and let it cool slowly to increase durability at the expense of hardness in an area where hardness is not as important.

Thanks for the nice observation! Maybe this would be preferable to do before attaching the gangya; it seems safe to assume that the latter was also annealed for ease of working and toughness.

The only other explanation which comes to my mind would be quenching almost the whole blade in some fluid...

Regards,
Kai

24th July 2007, 06:16 PM	#3
Flavio Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Italia Posts: 1,243	Well, since I will not have the time in the next few days to re-polish and re etch the blade I have a more close look at the blade: in on side there are three (maybe four) clear rows that comes from the gangya area untill the point in the middle portion of the blade (the center). On the other side these rows are clear but I can see also some other thinner lines (the others in the center of the blade are 0.6 mm circa of width). In the pictures you can see a photo taken before of the etching: there are some strange, how can I say, "cracks" on the blade.... Attached Images

24th July 2007, 03:51 PM	#1
josh stout Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 407	I have seen a lighter area at the forte of a blade on a Chinese dao that Philip Tom attributed to annealing. The idea was to reheat the base of the blade and let it cool slowly to increase durability at the expense of hardness in an area where hardness is not as important. This is not a comment on the underlying pattern of the steel, but the lighter area at the base of the blade looks almost exactly like what I saw on the dao. Josh

24th July 2007, 05:28 PM	#2
Flavio Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Italia Posts: 1,243	Thank you guys !! Yeah, I will try to re-polished an etched again the blade hoping and praying that is a twisted core blade!!!! Any suggestion on the age? Is another end of 19th - early 20th century kris? (nothing wrong with kris of this age, of course )