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I'm very glad to have found this forum. My name is Lee and I live in Texas.
Not long agp I was given this keris as a gift. Unfortunately the sheath was lost some time before I got the knife. The previous caretaker had been under the impression that it was forged with meteorite iron, which I had thought fanciful until my fiancee found the info on these.Wow, it is possible. I always try to find out as much as I can on my own, but need more help from experts, whoever is willing. So far, I have ascertained that it is likely pre-19th Century due to the separate ganja and tang (?). The balde is 14" long, and the handle is somekind of burl wood This knife spent a long time in Iceland and was passed down through some generations there. An erroneous notion that it had been forged there was developed along the way, but I'm sure this is native Malaysian. My questions that remain are: What kind of Pamor is this, and the esoteric meaning? Can the presence of metorite iron be determined from the appearance? Any rough guesses on the date of forging? On the pamor detail image, I enhanced the contrast to make it more visible. Any help at all would be appreciated.While Paul page is amazingly informative, I could not determine the pamor from the descriptions. Thanks! Last edited by littledirtnap; 30th May 2005 at 05:23 AM. Reason: trying to get other pics to show |
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