Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Difficulty’s in working with meteorite as a pamor material

Pusaka · 15th March 2006, 02:02 PM

I am surprised, even with Boedhi Adhitya`s higher estimate the composition of a typical meteorite pamor keris is 94% Iron, 4% Steel and only 2% meteorite material.
I had always thought that the meteorite content of the pamor would have been several times that quantity.
I was shown a meteorite keris and the seller said it had a pamor made with 70% meteorite content, what do you think, is that even possible????

Considering the absolutely tiny content of meteorite in a meteorite pamor keris I don’t think the high prices for such items is even justified.

15th March 2006, 02:02 PM	#34
Pusaka Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 341	I am surprised, even with Boedhi Adhitya`s higher estimate the composition of a typical meteorite pamor keris is 94% Iron, 4% Steel and only 2% meteorite material. I had always thought that the meteorite content of the pamor would have been several times that quantity. I was shown a meteorite keris and the seller said it had a pamor made with 70% meteorite content, what do you think, is that even possible???? Considering the absolutely tiny content of meteorite in a meteorite pamor keris I don’t think the high prices for such items is even justified.