Does The Moro Kris Exhibit True Pamor

Emanuel · 16th March 2008, 02:35 PM

Hello,

Unless I've got it wrong so far, pamor on Indo-Maly keris is a patern-welded jacket of soft nickle-iron that covers a hard steel core. Moro kris have a soft patern-welded core surrounded by the hard steel edge, so the resulting structure is different.
If these two things are taken to be the same, then would Indian patern-weld also qualify as pamor? Would Turkish Ribbon or Scandinavian twist-cores? Is pamor to denote just the look of the blade, regardless of structure?

Regards,
Emanuel

16th March 2008, 02:35 PM	#3
Emanuel Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,242	Hello, Unless I've got it wrong so far, pamor on Indo-Maly keris is a patern-welded jacket of soft nickle-iron that covers a hard steel core. Moro kris have a soft patern-welded core surrounded by the hard steel edge, so the resulting structure is different. If these two things are taken to be the same, then would Indian patern-weld also qualify as pamor? Would Turkish Ribbon or Scandinavian twist-cores? Is pamor to denote just the look of the blade, regardless of structure? Regards, Emanuel