rencong hilt question

[kai]

Hello Jose,

Another question then, what about pamor blades on these - older or not make a difference?

I don't think there are any hard rules: blades with contrasting pamor and blades with subtle laminations from forging seem to have coexisted without any strong correlations with estimated age or status: e.g. there are some antique, gold fitted rencong with "plain" blades...

Regards,
Kai