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Blade with maker's thumb print, Indonesia, 12th-15th century AD (media.piefed.social)

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[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 3 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

According to Sheppard, ‘‘the finger impressions seem to have been made during the process of forging, for the damask pattern in the iron continues through the depressions. No one knows how these impressions were made, and the blades are so rare that some people believed that they must have been the work of smiths who were possessed of supernatural skill.’’

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[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 2 points 18 hours ago

The author says that such blades are said to have been made by the female empu (kris blade maker) Sombro who lived in the tenth century in Pajajaran, Java, and who is said to have been magically skilled. According to Sejr Jensen she made the pichit depressions on the red-hot blade with her thumb but then hardened the blade by passing it through the labia of her vagina!

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