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Originally Posted by littledirtnap
Thanks for the help guys!
As much as I'd like to believe the folklore that has been passed along with it, that it was an athame forged in Iceland from meteorite iron, I'd rather know the truth as much as possible. If anything, I'm very excited that this knife traveled that much farther to reach me, and I am taking very good care of it. I am tossing the idea around of making a replica-type of sheath for it. If I do so, I'll research for some time before beginning.
Yes, this handle is beautiful, and seems to me a bit younger than the blade.
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Whoo , someone's got their geography mixed in the telling of the tale .
Pick up a copy of THE KRIS by Edward Frey from amazon.com
A very good place to start .
Use this site's search feature for keris ; that is mostly how we refer to them here .
You'll find a LOT of info .