Comments by "Gaza is not Amalek" (@Ass_of_Amalek) on "How 1,200-Year-Old Keris Daggers Tradition Is Fighting To Survive | Still Standing" video.

it's not "damascus" (pattern-welded). the gold is just on the surface. they carved the shapes into the blade iron/steel, and then either hammered on gold foil, or electroplated in gold and then sanded it off the raised areas where it's not aupposed to be. lastly, they etched the iron/steel black and grey, the gold strongly resists such chemicals and stays shiny. that's a very cheap sort of gold work using super thin layers of gold and relatively little working time. very good gold decoration in steel and such (also called damascene, unrelated to damascus steel) are recognizable by consisting of fine lines that are made of wire hammered into engraved channels. forgotten weapons has a good youtube video about it.
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@Error-tr9ke well, they're probably hardly ever carried. and I think worn gilding can look pretty good too. particularly when it's on an object that's more rough by nature, for which a dagger certainly qualifies.
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that's the worst quenching I have ever seen, and you put it in the wrong order. grinding shape and decorations is done more or less entirely before hardening, and it was already done on the blade that's shown being quenched.
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please get your video narration read normal again!
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@ReikiMaulana 👁️👄👁️
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@jjww30 not what I'm talking about, dummy. quenching in water is fine, but that super slow dunking of only half of the blade is nonsense.
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