The ultimate meteorite Keris!

Pusaka · 13th November 2005, 03:43 PM

Who wants to hold the ladder while I go up with a hacksaw to remove my bit of Lightning steel from the local Church, Its old and I bet it been struck several times

LOL

nechesh · 13th November 2005, 03:54 PM

Hey Pusaka, before you get busted stealing the local church's lightning rod, i think the reference to "lightning iron" in Jens quote is to the meteorite itself, not iron struck by lightning.

Pusaka · 13th November 2005, 04:05 PM

Its ok I don’t like heights anyway so I changed my mind about going up there LOL

All this joking has reminded me of something though. Tibetan phurba daggers were made from meteorite iron and then fixed to a lightning conductor at the temple so they would get struck by lightning, so the idea is not new after all

nechesh · 13th November 2005, 04:54 PM

Sorry to be such a stickler on these subjects, but it is the rare and most powerful of phurbas that would be made of meteorite. Certainly not all or even most. I only make this comment because someone with no knowledge of these might take your comment and pass it on as a general fact. This is why so many people think all keris were made with meteoric metals as well.

Pusaka · 13th November 2005, 05:03 PM

Apart from the Indonesians and the Tibetans which other cultures used Meteorite to make blades?

nechesh · 13th November 2005, 05:48 PM

As per Jens provided quote the Indians obviously did some experimenting with the material as well. Again, not in any common practice as far as i know. There are a few modern bladesmiths who have used meteorite in purely contemporary creations.

Pusaka · 13th November 2005, 07:12 PM

Just realised that if you made meteorite steel from two different types of meteorite, one with a high nickel content and one with a lower nickel content you could forge them together and still have a pamor because of the contrast between the two different meteorites. The keris blade would still be 100% meteorite steel

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13th November 2005, 03:43 PM	#1
Pusaka Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 341	Who wants to hold the ladder while I go up with a hacksaw to remove my bit of Lightning steel from the local Church, Its old and I bet it been struck several times LOL

13th November 2005, 03:54 PM	#2
nechesh Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 940	Hey Pusaka, before you get busted stealing the local church's lightning rod, i think the reference to "lightning iron" in Jens quote is to the meteorite itself, not iron struck by lightning.

13th November 2005, 04:05 PM	#3
Pusaka Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 341	Its ok I don’t like heights anyway so I changed my mind about going up there LOL All this joking has reminded me of something though. Tibetan phurba daggers were made from meteorite iron and then fixed to a lightning conductor at the temple so they would get struck by lightning, so the idea is not new after all

13th November 2005, 04:54 PM	#4
nechesh Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 940	Sorry to be such a stickler on these subjects, but it is the rare and most powerful of phurbas that would be made of meteorite. Certainly not all or even most. I only make this comment because someone with no knowledge of these might take your comment and pass it on as a general fact. This is why so many people think all keris were made with meteoric metals as well.

13th November 2005, 05:03 PM	#5
Pusaka Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 341	Apart from the Indonesians and the Tibetans which other cultures used Meteorite to make blades?

13th November 2005, 05:48 PM	#6
nechesh Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 940	As per Jens provided quote the Indians obviously did some experimenting with the material as well. Again, not in any common practice as far as i know. There are a few modern bladesmiths who have used meteorite in purely contemporary creations.

13th November 2005, 07:12 PM	#7
Pusaka Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 341	Just realised that if you made meteorite steel from two different types of meteorite, one with a high nickel content and one with a lower nickel content you could forge them together and still have a pamor because of the contrast between the two different meteorites. The keris blade would still be 100% meteorite steel