Bali keris restored

A. G. Maisey · 13th August 2009, 12:31 AM

Maybe, but also maybe not.

There are several different ways that this blade could have gained the plain iron overlay to one face, the correction of error that I have already mentioned, or the failure to remove a protective plate used during production, or maybe --- just maybe --- the intentional production of a pamor tangkis.

Pamor tangkis requires that each blade face carry a different pamor.

An easy way to do this is to make an ordinary random pamor and then add to that on one blade face.

Pamor tangkis is regarded as a protective device against black magic.

We do not know exactly why this blade has this pamor, but there are several possibilities, some I have mentioned, but we could probably come up with additional ones also.

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13th August 2009, 12:31 AM	#17
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 7,048	Maybe, but also maybe not. There are several different ways that this blade could have gained the plain iron overlay to one face, the correction of error that I have already mentioned, or the failure to remove a protective plate used during production, or maybe --- just maybe --- the intentional production of a pamor tangkis. Pamor tangkis requires that each blade face carry a different pamor. An easy way to do this is to make an ordinary random pamor and then add to that on one blade face. Pamor tangkis is regarded as a protective device against black magic. We do not know exactly why this blade has this pamor, but there are several possibilities, some I have mentioned, but we could probably come up with additional ones also.