Pedang from java (?)

A. G. Maisey · 7th February 2024, 01:03 AM

Buy a little bottle of silver test from a jeweller's supply house, it is cheap, it lasts forever, you only need a tiny drop for testing, & it can prevent costly error.

Other names for mamas are paktong, p'aitun, it is a nickel + copper + zinc alloy, Chinese in origin.

Similar, or maybe even the same as alpaka/albata, nickel silver, argentum, german silver, mailechort.

There has been a real lot of "silver" ornamented weaponry from Indonesia & SE Asia in general that has been sold into the Western World that is in fact ornamented with mamas.

7th February 2024, 01:03 AM	#5
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 7,085	Buy a little bottle of silver test from a jeweller's supply house, it is cheap, it lasts forever, you only need a tiny drop for testing, & it can prevent costly error. Other names for mamas are paktong, p'aitun, it is a nickel + copper + zinc alloy, Chinese in origin. Similar, or maybe even the same as alpaka/albata, nickel silver, argentum, german silver, mailechort. There has been a real lot of "silver" ornamented weaponry from Indonesia & SE Asia in general that has been sold into the Western World that is in fact ornamented with mamas.