Until recently, Lek Namphi magic steel was set aside strictly
and only for the production of swords for the personal use of the King of Thailand.
No one else had the right to own this substance.
This metal was discovered in the course of the 19th century in the village of Nampee,
in the Uttaradit region. Many stories are told recounting how its discoverers gradually became aware
of very strange powers after forging the simplest cooking utensils from this "blue steel."
Here is one such tale that was told to me :
Working his field, one day a peasant ran into reddish stones, very heavy, so heavy that his plow was
brought to a dead halt! Digging one out, taking a good look at it, he discovered
that it was a mineral specimen composed of a very pure iron !
The good man was delighted with his find, for at this time iron was still rare and costly !
Lek Namphi extraction place.
He then commisioned the village blacksmith to create a great meat chopper for his kitchen. Despite
several odd obstacles during the forging, the blacksmith was finally able to produce and sell to his
client a large cleaver, yet, the metal turned out blue !
In the collection of a Temple in Ayuthaya, a raw mineral specimen of Lek NamPhi.
Another Lek Nam Pee raw specimen.
(Webmaster's collection)
Big Lek Nam Pee sample offered for sale on an amulets market,
price is 120000 baht (3000 € !!!)
In Tibet also there is one type of sacred iron ore named Dorje Param.
These sacred stone of Vajrapani are harvested by lama
on Chana Dorje mountain (Yading area)
and also on some other places in Tibet and Nepal.
Old Tibetan tradition say that if one wear such a stone he will be physicaly stronger
and will have more vitality, also such sacred stones
are placed in Dharma protectors statues to charge them.
The peasant accepted this curious cooking tool, and even made it his favorite,
since it was sharp, it never lost its sharp cutting edge, and it never rusted !
A little while later, one of this good man's buffalos suddenly refused to work, and would not budge
one inch, despite blows and stern commands. Finally he lightly tapped the buffalo with his new
cleaver and was stupified! With that one light blow, he cut the animal cleanly in half!
Understanding finally that this was no ordinary cutter, but an object of properties unprecidented,
he decided that he and his brother would present it as an offering to the King. But the king refused
the peasant's gift, not appreciating that this homely cooking knife was really a weapon of fearsome
power; he even thought the peasant slightly deranged, to offer him such a lowly gift! He then had
the two brothers thrown of out of court without a tought of
what troubles they had taken. While the guards were forcibly ejecting the peasant from the court, he
struck a great rock with his strange cutter. The king saw that the rock had been cut in two, and
there was even a deep wound in the earth where it stood. The king changed his mind.
Inside a Temple of Buriram, a collection of great Lek Namphi ritual daggers.
Giant Lek Namphi Sword weighting over 600 kg,
present of the Utharadit Blacksmiths to the Queen of Thailand.
The king thereupon dispatched his guards to go after the peasant, to apologize
and bring him back, him and his strange knife. When the guards finally caught up with the good man,
he didn't want to hear about it, not a thing - he was not at all amused at having been tossed out of
court
after a laborious journey carrying a gift of great value. After a stormy confrontation, he took out
his strange knife and killed all the guards who had come to take him back! Then he slumped under a
tree and fell asleep!
Seeing that his guards weren't coming home, the king to go out and find him himself, which he did,
for the good man had dragged his knife along the ground while leaving the killing scene, creating a
huge trench easily followed! This trench still exists, and is pointed out by worthy people even now
in our day!
The Most Venerable Luang Phor Udhom,
one of the last Masters still knowing how to work Lek Namphi into Meedh
Moh daggers.
Inside the temple at Wat Namphi, the temple near the extraction places for Lek
Namphi.
This is the temple where most of the Lek Nam Pee amulets are made and blessed.
Lek Nam Pee blades are known to be capable of cutting through an
ordinary blade,
they never rust, and they are even able to wound people having the Sak-yant invincibility tatoo.
Indeed a wound received from one of these blades is know never to heal and lead
to the victim's death, whatever the care he receives - such is what this metal can do !
Lek Namphi Thai amulets are made of a mix of clay and Lek Namphi ore powder.
They are magnetic and would stick to a magnet because they countain
a very high percentage of iron.
Lek Namphi ore powder Bag.
(from the webmaster's private collection)
Lek Nam Pee powder is still handmade.
Lek Nam Pee is used in the creation of amulets and painted spheres,
made from mixing Lek Nam Pee powder and clay.
These spheres and amulets are definitely magnetic
(they contain a great deal of iron, which entails their magnetism).
They lend their wearer partial invulnerability and strongly enhance his personal charisma.
A rare statue of Buddha
Luang Phor Sothorn
made of powdered Lek Namphi.
A Phra Sumkho Thai amulet made of Lek Namphi ore powder mixed with clay.
Myself fishing for Lek Namphi ore at Bor Phra Khan (Utharadit).
All the sacred Lek Namphi blades offered on Magiedubouddha.com come straight
from the Royal forges at Uttaradit. You can see me there holding a huge Lek Namphi sword !
