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Originally Posted by A.alnakkas
Hey,
I've seen alot about these. The myth goes on to say that they are made of meteor iron which got hit by lightning... Well I have no idea how that may effect the balancing but I think it more got to do with a blacksmith that knows what hes doing :P
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Interesting stuff, seems like the meteor metal story was part of the 'Bowie knife' myth as well. While these knives were profoundly fabled for thier deadly fighting properties, not sure if balancing was included. We also know that meteoric iron was well known in Indonesia in a number of kerises with material from the 17th century event in Jakarta (if recalling correctly) and in some degree this extraterrestrial metal was used, again do not recall the balance property.
I agree with your perspective in an extremely skilled blacksmith, and remain unaware of any gyroscopic properties in meteoric iron
