Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Need example of Pamors: Meteor, Luwu, and modern Nickel

lemmythesmith · 17th June 2010, 10:14 PM

Hi Alan, I've been meaning to reply on the new lot of pics-got sidetracked with a work in progress (not a keris!) so.............

1-could be meteoric, I've noticed that meteoric can sometimes develop a "coppery" tone, only very slight but this pamor looks that way. Mlumah

2-pamor with a higher proportion of nickel material, could be pure nickel. Mlumah

3-looks like a ferrous nickel alloy without too much nickel , I'll go for native smelted metal-luwu. Miring

4-same as 2. Has a melted look to the nickel, low layer count. Miring

5-could be meteoric, may be high nickel content ferrous alloy. Mlumah.

6-I'll say the same as 3. Mlumah.

I'll try and post a couple of pics myself, the pics may not all be keris blades but they will all be pamor alloys found on keris,
C'mon guys....step up to the plate, have a go!! A good fun learning experience.

Regards, Graham.

17th June 2010, 10:14 PM	#26
lemmythesmith Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 93	Hi Alan, I've been meaning to reply on the new lot of pics-got sidetracked with a work in progress (not a keris!) so............. 1-could be meteoric, I've noticed that meteoric can sometimes develop a "coppery" tone, only very slight but this pamor looks that way. Mlumah 2-pamor with a higher proportion of nickel material, could be pure nickel. Mlumah 3-looks like a ferrous nickel alloy without too much nickel , I'll go for native smelted metal-luwu. Miring 4-same as 2. Has a melted look to the nickel, low layer count. Miring 5-could be meteoric, may be high nickel content ferrous alloy. Mlumah. 6-I'll say the same as 3. Mlumah. I'll try and post a couple of pics myself, the pics may not all be keris blades but they will all be pamor alloys found on keris, C'mon guys....step up to the plate, have a go!! A good fun learning experience. Regards, Graham.