[meteorite-list] Any experts on meteorite Kiris blades

From: dorifry <dorifry_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2011 16:46:32 -0400
Message-ID: <C26D93532D0842659020939037B82494_at_DoriPC>

I've never once seen a meteoritic iron kris blade, but I've see about a
bazillion made of Damascus steel. Damascus sort of looks like a
Widmansttaten pattern if you didn't know any better.

Phil Whitmer
Joshua Tree Earth & Space Museum

----- Original Message -----
From: "Darryl Pitt" <darryl at dof3.com>
To: "Michael Gilmer" <meteoritemike at gmail.com>
Cc: "Meteorite List" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2011 4:28 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Any experts on meteorite Kiris blades


>
>
> Hi Mike,
>
> That's not quite accurate. Many are made of steel, Damascus steel, etc.
>
>
>
>
> On Oct 22, 2011, at 4:21 PM, Michael Gilmer wrote:
>
>> I've seen a couple of these for sale on eBay in the past. They were
>> not exactly like the one's in Rob's photos, but they were similar.
>> (if I recall correctly)
>>
>> Rob, if you have physical access to the blades in questions, a quick
>> nickel test should rule in/out a meteoritic origin.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> MikeG
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>> On 10/22/11, Darryl Pitt <darryl at dof3.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Be very, very careful.
>>>
>>> The stories associated with most krises for sale in Indonesia are
>>> apocryphal. I've heard more fantastic stories---truly extraordinary
>>> tales---before the price drops precipitously during the course of
>>> negotiations.
>>>
>>> The kris is a very important cultural symbol and there are so many
>>> legends
>>> attached to this weapon. My favorite? It was widely believed a kris
>>> would,
>>> on its own, slide out of its sheath and fly through the sky to strike
>>> the
>>> enemies of its owner.
>>>
>>> Meteoritic iron? I've heard this a lot----far too often, in fact---and
>>> I
>>> would be extremely suspicious.
>>>
>>>
>>> Best / darryl
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Oct 22, 2011, at 3:34 PM, Rob Wesel wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello all
>>>>
>>>> I have a friend vacationing who ran across an antique store selling
>>>> three
>>>> Indonesian blades claiming to be made of "meteoric iron". While I know
>>>> that if you are going to find a meteorite blade it's gonna be
>>>> Indonesian
>>>> or Mike Miller's, I know very little about what they should look like.
>>>> If
>>>> the list holds any experts please have a look and weigh in.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.nakhladogmeteorites.com/blades.htm
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>> Rob Wesel
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