Seven village metal?

David · 11th November 2011, 06:01 PM

Surely you can see that the color of these two metals are completely different and i know of no studies that would show that the surface pocking here is due to the inclusion of meteoric ore. The pocks on the thogchags is probably due to it also being a produce of casting. I have looked at dozens of thogchag objects on line that do not have these pock marks, so i am doubtful that they prove anything relevant to our conversation. But yes, it is also fine if you disagree with me.

The subject of metallurgy in this forum is just fine with me when it applies to keris, but when we start getting off on tangents debating whether gold adds to the sonic quality of a gamelan gong or Tibetan singing bowl then as moderator of this forum i am going to make the call of "off-topic" and try to pull the discussion back to the subject at hand. I am personally very doubtful that the sound quality of you pendok is a valid issue here.

11th November 2011, 06:01 PM	#34
David Keris forum moderator Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 7,240	Surely you can see that the color of these two metals are completely different and i know of no studies that would show that the surface pocking here is due to the inclusion of meteoric ore. The pocks on the thogchags is probably due to it also being a produce of casting. I have looked at dozens of thogchag objects on line that do not have these pock marks, so i am doubtful that they prove anything relevant to our conversation. But yes, it is also fine if you disagree with me. The subject of metallurgy in this forum is just fine with me when it applies to keris, but when we start getting off on tangents debating whether gold adds to the sonic quality of a gamelan gong or Tibetan singing bowl then as moderator of this forum i am going to make the call of "off-topic" and try to pull the discussion back to the subject at hand. I am personally very doubtful that the sound quality of you pendok is a valid issue here.