What does magnetism mean on a blade?

erlikhan · 16th May 2009, 12:57 PM

This Turkish dagger pulls small metals. These inkpen tips must be brass. it pulls some other small metal pieces too. I have bought it months ago and now it still has the same magnetic power. What does it mean on a blade?
Meanwhile can anybody translate what writes in the maker's stamp?

regards

David · 16th May 2009, 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by erlikhan

This Turkish dagger pulls small metals. These inkpen tips must be brass. it pulls some other small metal pieces too.

I don't think that brass is magnetic so these tips must have some steel in them. Blades are very easy to magnetize and usually hold the charge quite well. It can easily happen accidentally as well. So i don't think it means anything in particular. I always check all the blades i get for magnetic fields. If they don't respond to my compass i generally magnetize them myself. Don't ask me why or i'll have to kill you.

erlikhan · 16th May 2009, 05:02 PM

Lol. Do they hold charge for months? The tips are yellow, but perhaps there is some steel mixed to reinforce them i dont know but let me try to magnetize some of my blades,the ones which i plan to sell

David · 16th May 2009, 06:14 PM

I just checked a couple of keris that i exposed to a high powered magnet over a year ago which can still pick up a pin. All i did to charge these blades was to hold the tip on the magnet for less than a minute.
So why are you only going to magnetize the blades you are planning on selling?

ariel · 16th May 2009, 07:26 PM

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Originally Posted by David

I just checked a couple of keris that i exposed to a high powered magnet over a year ago which can still pick up a pin. All i did to charge these blades was to hold the tip on the magnet for less than a minute.
So why are you only going to magnetize the blades you are planning on selling?

They attract money:-)

David · 16th May 2009, 07:50 PM

tom hyle · 20th June 2011, 02:18 PM

I have a flat brass Islammic charm that contains a magnet. I wonder if it would have anything to do with protection from edged weapons.
I once sent a detailed picture of it to a friend to post here, as I am not competent to do so; everything else in the package arrived, but that picture was lost in the mail. "It may be a charm against being identified or mailed?" I quipped at the time.

I'm going to have to try that demagnetizing method with the AC coil; where does one obtain such a tool? It seems to me magnetism is a drawback in a blade; attracts armour rather than seams, attracts parrying blades rather than the spaces between them

I have an old salawar yatagan type Peabody bayonet, seemingly made of "cast steel", that is very strongly magnetized at the tip, and the feature annoys me.

16th May 2009, 12:57 PM	#1
erlikhan Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Istanbul Posts: 452	What does magnetism mean on a blade? This Turkish dagger pulls small metals. These inkpen tips must be brass. it pulls some other small metal pieces too. I have bought it months ago and now it still has the same magnetic power. What does it mean on a blade? Meanwhile can anybody translate what writes in the maker's stamp? regards Attached Images Last edited by erlikhan; 16th May 2009 at 01:14 PM.

16th May 2009, 05:02 PM	#3
erlikhan Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Istanbul Posts: 452	Lol. Do they hold charge for months? The tips are yellow, but perhaps there is some steel mixed to reinforce them i dont know but let me try to magnetize some of my blades,the ones which i plan to sell

16th May 2009, 06:14 PM	#4
David Keris forum moderator Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 7,211	I just checked a couple of keris that i exposed to a high powered magnet over a year ago which can still pick up a pin. All i did to charge these blades was to hold the tip on the magnet for less than a minute. So why are you only going to magnetize the blades you are planning on selling?

16th May 2009, 07:50 PM	#6
David Keris forum moderator Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 7,211

20th June 2011, 02:18 PM	#7
tom hyle Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Houston, TX, USA Posts: 1,254	I have a flat brass Islammic charm that contains a magnet. I wonder if it would have anything to do with protection from edged weapons. I once sent a detailed picture of it to a friend to post here, as I am not competent to do so; everything else in the package arrived, but that picture was lost in the mail. "It may be a charm against being identified or mailed?" I quipped at the time. I'm going to have to try that demagnetizing method with the AC coil; where does one obtain such a tool? It seems to me magnetism is a drawback in a blade; attracts armour rather than seams, attracts parrying blades rather than the spaces between them I have an old salawar yatagan type Peabody bayonet, seemingly made of "cast steel", that is very strongly magnetized at the tip, and the feature annoys me.