Sarbloh: Difference between revisions

From SikhiWiki
Jump to navigationJump to search
m (although i could not find a video on metal making of Indian swords, these on the methods used in Japan were introduced to China, Japan and the Middle East by artisans from India, even Buddhist monks)
m (Added photo, some links, and more info. Thanks for help guys. Please remove the contents box, I don't know how to do it.)
Line 1: Line 1:
[[Image:SarablohBate.jpg||thumb|300px|right|Some Sarabloh Utensils]]
[[Image:Khanda_bata.jpg||thumb|300px|right|The Sarblohi Khanda Bata (as used in all Amrit Sanchaars)]]


'''Sarbloh''' (wrought iron) is the metal used in the [[Bata]] (a bowl or cauldron) used by Guru Gobind Singh Ji  to prepare the  [[Amrit]] during the Khalsa initiation ceremony in [[1699]]. The [[Khanda]] (a double edged knife or sword) was also made of Sarbloh. To this day all [[Amrit Sanchaar]]s are conducted using a bata and khanda made of sarbloh.
'''Sarbloh''' (wrought iron) is the metal used in the [[Bata]] (a bowl or cauldron) used by Guru Gobind Singh Ji  to prepare the  [[Amrit]] during the Khalsa initiation ceremony in [[1699]]. The [[Khanda]] (a double edged knife or sword) was also made of Sarbloh. To this day all [[Amrit Sanchaar]]s are conducted using a bata and khanda made of sarbloh.
Line 9: Line 9:
It is thought that iron was first produced in India,  along the Indus river. Possibly trying to reproduce the chunks of metal that are even today found in the world's desserts or lumps of iron produced by lightening strikes (which also produce glass and ignite fires) artisans were producing iron ore  mixed with charcoal in ancient  forges using forced air (from bellows). First a lump of iron (also called bum steel today) was produced. When enough raw iron had been produced it could be reheated and then hammered out to the shape required; a knife, sword, tool or pan such as a Bata. Artisans in today's Panjab and Gujerat areas were producing carbon laden billets of raw iron that were highly prized by the sword makers in the middle east long before the metal came to be known by the terms Watered or Damascus steel). This 'steel' should not be confused with the steel blades, cars or frying pans of today, made possible by production processes of the late nineteenth century.
It is thought that iron was first produced in India,  along the Indus river. Possibly trying to reproduce the chunks of metal that are even today found in the world's desserts or lumps of iron produced by lightening strikes (which also produce glass and ignite fires) artisans were producing iron ore  mixed with charcoal in ancient  forges using forced air (from bellows). First a lump of iron (also called bum steel today) was produced. When enough raw iron had been produced it could be reheated and then hammered out to the shape required; a knife, sword, tool or pan such as a Bata. Artisans in today's Panjab and Gujerat areas were producing carbon laden billets of raw iron that were highly prized by the sword makers in the middle east long before the metal came to be known by the terms Watered or Damascus steel). This 'steel' should not be confused with the steel blades, cars or frying pans of today, made possible by production processes of the late nineteenth century.


==Sarbloh Bibek==
[[Image:SarablohBate.jpg||thumb|300px|left|Some Sarbloh Utensils]]
This is the [[rehit]] (discipline) of a tyaar-bar-tyaar (ever-ready) [[Amritdhari]] [[Gursikh]] preparing, cooking, and eating pure vegetarian food made from single ingredients in Sarbloh utensils while reciting [[Gurbani]] or [[Simran]]. To date this is followed by many devotees in the panthic jathebandis of [[Akhand Kirtani Jatha]] and [[Nihang]] Singhs.
==Videos on the making of Sarbloh==
Three videos on smelting iron and producing metals before the nineteenth century:
Three videos on smelting iron and producing metals before the nineteenth century:


Line 14: Line 35:
* Making Steel from dirt, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDy1jx6mLgs&feature=related
* Making Steel from dirt, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDy1jx6mLgs&feature=related
* Instructive video on metal making as used in the early swords of India and Japan,  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDbg1aikq1I
* Instructive video on metal making as used in the early swords of India and Japan,  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDbg1aikq1I
==see also==
 
 
==Further Reading on Sarbloh==
* http://www.vidhia.com/Informational/Sarbloh_and_Vibration.pdf
* http://tapoban.org/langar.html
* http://www.eatbibek.com/Guru_Ka_Langar_&_Bibek
 
==See Also==


* [[Kesh]]
* [[Kesh]]

Revision as of 10:18, 7 February 2011

The Sarblohi Khanda Bata (as used in all Amrit Sanchaars)

Sarbloh (wrought iron) is the metal used in the Bata (a bowl or cauldron) used by Guru Gobind Singh Ji to prepare the Amrit during the Khalsa initiation ceremony in 1699. The Khanda (a double edged knife or sword) was also made of Sarbloh. To this day all Amrit Sanchaars are conducted using a bata and khanda made of sarbloh.

Kara and Kirpan (2 of the Five Ks that a Sikh keeps on his or her person at all times) must also be made of Sarbloh.

Sarbloh should not be confused with either cast iron or steel as these metals only came into common use during the industrial revolution of the 19th century.

It is thought that iron was first produced in India, along the Indus river. Possibly trying to reproduce the chunks of metal that are even today found in the world's desserts or lumps of iron produced by lightening strikes (which also produce glass and ignite fires) artisans were producing iron ore mixed with charcoal in ancient forges using forced air (from bellows). First a lump of iron (also called bum steel today) was produced. When enough raw iron had been produced it could be reheated and then hammered out to the shape required; a knife, sword, tool or pan such as a Bata. Artisans in today's Panjab and Gujerat areas were producing carbon laden billets of raw iron that were highly prized by the sword makers in the middle east long before the metal came to be known by the terms Watered or Damascus steel). This 'steel' should not be confused with the steel blades, cars or frying pans of today, made possible by production processes of the late nineteenth century.

Sarbloh Bibek

Some Sarbloh Utensils

This is the rehit (discipline) of a tyaar-bar-tyaar (ever-ready) Amritdhari Gursikh preparing, cooking, and eating pure vegetarian food made from single ingredients in Sarbloh utensils while reciting Gurbani or Simran. To date this is followed by many devotees in the panthic jathebandis of Akhand Kirtani Jatha and Nihang Singhs.









Videos on the making of Sarbloh

Three videos on smelting iron and producing metals before the nineteenth century:


Further Reading on Sarbloh

See Also

References

<References>