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I' got a Keris with wave pattern on its surface in Indonesia. The blade didn't seem made of great modern steels but of low carbon steel and nickel, but the edge could really cut with its serration made by its differently eroded mixture of metal along its pattern.
No magic, but it performs a magic.
If you use it to cut something, the objective will erode softer part of the edge more, leaving harder part on the edge to keep or even increase its serration. It hadly needs sharpning if it works perfectly. Another advantage is that the groove of the surface pattern keeps best toxic substances for hunting, fighting as well. This taught me pattern welding doesn't have to be for strength, but will not fit modern knives.
A Keris is believed to be call rain if soaked in water as an avatar of snake (see its shape), I wish I had a firsthand experience.
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\(^o^)/ Mizutani Satoshi \(^o^)/
No magic, but it performs a magic.
If you use it to cut something, the objective will erode softer part of the edge more, leaving harder part on the edge to keep or even increase its serration. It hadly needs sharpning if it works perfectly. Another advantage is that the groove of the surface pattern keeps best toxic substances for hunting, fighting as well. This taught me pattern welding doesn't have to be for strength, but will not fit modern knives.
A Keris is believed to be call rain if soaked in water as an avatar of snake (see its shape), I wish I had a firsthand experience.
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\(^o^)/ Mizutani Satoshi \(^o^)/
