Need example of Pamors: Meteor, Luwu, and modern Nickel

A. G. Maisey · 22nd June 2010, 02:36 AM

Where Jerzy found wootz it had been used for a gonjo, and the pattern was still present.

However, there is a very rare type of "pamor" that I have only seen a few times, and it bears all the characteristics of wootz. These blades were, of course, not submitted to metallurgical analysis, but bearing in mind the fact that such analysis has revealed the use of wootz in Javanese blades, I believe it is reasonable to accept that in a case where a Javanese blade looks like wootz, it very probably is wootz.

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22nd June 2010, 02:36 AM	#34
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 6,991	Where Jerzy found wootz it had been used for a gonjo, and the pattern was still present. However, there is a very rare type of "pamor" that I have only seen a few times, and it bears all the characteristics of wootz. These blades were, of course, not submitted to metallurgical analysis, but bearing in mind the fact that such analysis has revealed the use of wootz in Javanese blades, I believe it is reasonable to accept that in a case where a Javanese blade looks like wootz, it very probably is wootz.