G'Day Everyone Once again Doug you amaze me and let's not forget Jalandahr.
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh149/Johnno_ACH/mkb1.jpg http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh149/Johnno_ACH/mkb2.jpg http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh149/Johnno_ACH/mnb3.jpg http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh149/Johnno_ACH/mkb4.jpg http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh149/Johnno_ACH/mkb5.jpg Image credit to M. Manouchehr Cheers John Cabassi IMCA 2125 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of MexicoDoug Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2011 4:15 PM To: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Any experts on meteorite Kiris blades 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... -----Original Message----- 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 ----- Original Message ----- 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 >> -- >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - -------- >> Galactic Stone & Ironworks - Meteorites & Amber (Michael Gilmer) >> >> Website - http://www.galactic-stone.com >> Facebook - http://tinyurl.com/42h79my >> News Feed - http://www.galactic-stone.com/rss/126516 >> Twitter - http://twitter.com/galacticstone >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - -------- >> >> >> 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 >>>> ------------------ >>>> Nakhla Dog Meteorites >>>> www.nakhladogmeteorites.com www.facebook.com/Nakhla.Dog.Meteorites >>>> www.facebook.com/Rob.Wesel >>>> ------------------ >>>> We are the music makers... >>>> and we are the dreamers of the dreams. >>>> Willy Wonka, 1971 >>>> >>>> >>>> ______________________________________________ >>>> Visit the Archives at >>>> http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html >>>> Meteorite-list mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >>> >>> ______________________________________________ >>> Visit the Archives at >>> http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html >>> Meteorite-list mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >>> > > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
