Meteoric iron used for keris's vs. for Indian weapons

Mare Rosu · 9th March 2005, 04:25 PM

JENS
This is a link to the dagger that B.I.
is showing.
http://www.asia.si.edu/collections/s...ObjectId=10925
Gene

B.I · 9th March 2005, 05:00 PM

well found, gene. i didnt realise that a picture was online, and i bet jens is kicking himself for not finding it first

i learnt sometime ago from the V&A pieces that you can find additional information from somthing as simple as an accession number. these are never random numbers, at least in british institutions and i think the US is the same.
this piece has the number
Purchase, F1955.27a-b
1955 is the year the museum aquired it, and F probably is the inititial of the person/sale it was aquired from. i'm sure a little back tracking could yield some more information. either that, or a phonecall to someone in the department to ask what the F stands for. it would be good to know where the dagger came from, as we can assume the museum hasnt held it too long.

Jens Nordlunde · 9th March 2005, 09:27 PM

Gene, thank you for the link – it is a beauty. I wonder what the museum want this knife for, now in my collection – it would be real comfy – but I am afraid that they will not part with it, sigh.
I think I will have to settle with the fact that it is safe, and kept for new collectors to see and admire. Just imagine its history – fantastic. The pattern of the blade, besides being very unusual, really fascinates me. How many other blades do we know, of which we are sure, that they are made of meteoric iron?

B.I. is a bit of a marvel, when he puts his mind to it, it is not the first time he has given me a big surprise – and I don’t hope it will be the last time.

Mare Rosu · 13th March 2005, 11:28 PM

JENS
This is a link to a painting of Jahangir the owner of the dagger shown by B.I. ,from the Smithsonian Museum link I posted on the Asian Museum

http://www.asia.si.edu/collections/s...?ObjectId=3407

Gene

Jens Nordlunde · 14th March 2005, 10:11 AM

Yes Gene, it is a very nice drawing of a high quality.
A pity that we can't travel in time - yet, or maybe it is good so, becourse how many people would stay back in our time, they would all be travelling to other time zones

.

Jens

Jens Nordlunde · 22nd March 2005, 09:25 AM

Have a look at this thread, one of the books Kamil mentions.
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=473

9th March 2005, 04:25 PM	#1
Mare Rosu Deceased Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: USA, DEEP SOUTH, GEORGIA, Y'all hear? Posts: 121	Dagger JENS This is a link to the dagger that B.I. is showing. http://www.asia.si.edu/collections/s...ObjectId=10925 Gene

13th March 2005, 11:28 PM	#4
Mare Rosu Deceased Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: USA, DEEP SOUTH, GEORGIA, Y'all hear? Posts: 121	JAHANGIR JENS This is a link to a painting of Jahangir the owner of the dagger shown by B.I. ,from the Smithsonian Museum link I posted on the Asian Museum http://www.asia.si.edu/collections/s...?ObjectId=3407 Gene

9th March 2005, 05:00 PM	#2
B.I Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 485	well found, gene. i didnt realise that a picture was online, and i bet jens is kicking himself for not finding it first i learnt sometime ago from the V&A pieces that you can find additional information from somthing as simple as an accession number. these are never random numbers, at least in british institutions and i think the US is the same. this piece has the number Purchase, F1955.27a-b 1955 is the year the museum aquired it, and F probably is the inititial of the person/sale it was aquired from. i'm sure a little back tracking could yield some more information. either that, or a phonecall to someone in the department to ask what the F stands for. it would be good to know where the dagger came from, as we can assume the museum hasnt held it too long.

9th March 2005, 09:27 PM	#3
Jens Nordlunde Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Europe Posts: 2,718	Gene, thank you for the link – it is a beauty. I wonder what the museum want this knife for, now in my collection – it would be real comfy – but I am afraid that they will not part with it, sigh. I think I will have to settle with the fact that it is safe, and kept for new collectors to see and admire. Just imagine its history – fantastic. The pattern of the blade, besides being very unusual, really fascinates me. How many other blades do we know, of which we are sure, that they are made of meteoric iron? B.I. is a bit of a marvel, when he puts his mind to it, it is not the first time he has given me a big surprise – and I don’t hope it will be the last time.

14th March 2005, 10:11 AM	#5
Jens Nordlunde Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Europe Posts: 2,718	Yes Gene, it is a very nice drawing of a high quality. A pity that we can't travel in time - yet, or maybe it is good so, becourse how many people would stay back in our time, they would all be travelling to other time zones . Jens

22nd March 2005, 09:25 AM	#6
Jens Nordlunde Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Europe Posts: 2,718	Have a look at this thread, one of the books Kamil mentions. http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=473