Oops in my last post the words in CAPS were inadvertently left out:
"movie made the error of saying he rediscovered the Damascus process
(which was reputed to be at the time) and that it was made of the
rediscovered Damascus steel process USING AN IRON METEORITE. The needed
to pick one or the other. I have not seen meteorites being called the
source of the Bowie knife steel from any other place but who jknows
when it comes to legends...
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From: dorifry <[email protected]>
To: meteorite-list <[email protected]>
Sent: Sat, Oct 22, 2011 4:46 pm
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Any experts on meteorite Kiris blades
I've never once seen a meteoritic iron kris blade, but I've see about a
bazillion made of Damascus steel. Damascus sort of looks like a
Widmansttaten pattern if you didn't know any better.
Phil Whitmer
Joshua Tree Earth & Space Museum
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From: "Darryl Pitt" <[email protected]>
To: "Michael Gilmer" <[email protected]>
Cc: "Meteorite List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2011 4:28 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Any experts on meteorite Kiris blades
Hi Mike,
That's not quite accurate. Many are made of steel, Damascus steel,
etc.
On Oct 22, 2011, at 4:21 PM, Michael Gilmer wrote:
I've seen a couple of these for sale on eBay in the past. They were
not exactly like the one's in Rob's photos, but they were similar.
(if I recall correctly)
Rob, if you have physical access to the blades in questions, a quick
nickel test should rule in/out a meteoritic origin.
Best regards,
MikeG
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On 10/22/11, Darryl Pitt <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi,
Be very, very careful.
The stories associated with most krises for sale in Indonesia are
apocryphal. I've heard more fantastic stories---truly extraordinary
tales---before the price drops precipitously during the course of
negotiations.
The kris is a very important cultural symbol and there are so many
legends
attached to this weapon. My favorite? It was widely believed a
kris
would,
on its own, slide out of its sheath and fly through the sky to
strike
the
enemies of its owner.
Meteoritic iron? I've heard this a lot----far too often, in
fact---and
I
would be extremely suspicious.
Best / darryl
On Oct 22, 2011, at 3:34 PM, Rob Wesel wrote:
Hello all
I have a friend vacationing who ran across an antique store
selling
three
Indonesian blades claiming to be made of "meteoric iron". While I
know
that if you are going to find a meteorite blade it's gonna be
Indonesian
or Mike Miller's, I know very little about what they should look
like.
If
the list holds any experts please have a look and weigh in.
http://www.nakhladogmeteorites.com/blades.htm
Thanks
Rob Wesel
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