Terengganu Malela with inserted metal

[asomotif]

20thC works or later

later than 20th Century... Is the iron still hot ?

blowhole

Detlef, what do you mean by a blowhole ?

Ps. I can imagine that during forging some flaws may occur and than you can of course decide to make some repair when this occurs in a stage where the product is already near its final form/shape.
But than is looks like the only flaw in this blade.
I really like the shape.

[A. G. Maisey]

Michael, the flaws do not need to exactly correspond. A flaw can occur through the blade at an agle. If the one on the reverse side is even close to the patch, then for me, this would be a good enough indication of a flaw that occurred during manufacture.

I also do not understand "blow hole".
Flaws can occur for several reasons, mostly either a cold shut when welding, or because of a degree of hotshortness in the material. Whatever caused it is not important:- its there, so can it be fixed? That is what the maker---or maybe owner would have asked himself. This inlay, or inset, or patch or whatever you like to call it, would probably serve the purpose.

[Sajen]

Originally Posted by asomotif

later than 20th Century... Is the iron still hot ?


Detlef, what do you mean by a blowhole ?

Ps. I can imagine that during forging some flaws may occur and than you can of course decide to make some repair when this occurs in a stage where the product is already near its final form/shape.
But than is looks like the only flaw in this blade.
I really like the shape.

Hello Willem,
sorry for misunderstanding, I've used an online-dictionary. I mean a forge mistake. Maybe a inclusion from cinder. Nearly the same guess as Mr. Maisey mentioned.
sajen

[VVV]

Thanks Alan for the explanation on manufacture flaws.
I also didn't get Detlef's blow hole first.
I thought it was related to the esoteric peeping-hole in some Javanese keris

Michael