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VANDOO · 28th January 2011, 06:15 AM

I GUESS I SHOT MYSELF IN THE FOOT ON THAT ONE

THINKING A LITTLE FURTHER ALONG THOSE LINES MY KERIS WOULD CEASE TO BE A KERIS BECAUSE I AM NOT FROM THE KERIS CULTURE AND DON'T USE IT FOR TRADITION OR CEREMONY AND JUST LIKE TO HANDLE AND LOOK AT THEM.

OF COURSE THATS NONSENCE A KERIS IS A KERIS TOP GRADE OR COMMON GRADE.

THE TOP QUALITY KERIS ARE WORKS OF ART BUT STILL KERIS AND JUST SHOW OFF A HIGHER LEVEL OF CRAFTSMANSHIP AND MATERIALS. THEY SELL TO A HIGHER CLIENTEL WHO APPRECIATE THAT HIGH LEVEL OF WORKMANSHIP AND MATERIALS. THAT TOO IS TRADITIONAL AS SUCH THINGS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN MADE FOR ROYALTY AND THE WEALTHY. PERHAPS THE STATUS OF A KERIS IS DIFFERENT TO SOME COLLECTORS TODAY THAN IN THE PAST BUT SOME TRADITIONS STILL APPLY. I WAS PRIVELEDGED TO HANDLE QUITE A FEW OF THE HIGH QUALITY KERIS WHEN IN BALI A FEW YEARS AGO.
I APPRECIATE THE MATERIALS,WORKMANSHIP AND HISTORY OF KERIS. I FIND THEM BEAUTIFUL AS LIKE SNOWFLAKES NO TWO ARE ALIKE. THE PLEASING SHAPES OF BLADE SCABBARD AND HANDLE. THE BEAUTIFUL WOOD GRAINS COMPETE WITH THE PARMOR IN THE BLADES AND THE CARVEING AND FITTINGS ARE THE ICING ON THE CAKE.

TO HAVE A COLLECTION OF EVERY VARIATION OF KERIS ONE WOULD HAVE TO OWN EVERY LAST ONE.

28th January 2011, 06:15 AM	#19
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	I GUESS I SHOT MYSELF IN THE FOOT ON THAT ONE THINKING A LITTLE FURTHER ALONG THOSE LINES MY KERIS WOULD CEASE TO BE A KERIS BECAUSE I AM NOT FROM THE KERIS CULTURE AND DON'T USE IT FOR TRADITION OR CEREMONY AND JUST LIKE TO HANDLE AND LOOK AT THEM. OF COURSE THATS NONSENCE A KERIS IS A KERIS TOP GRADE OR COMMON GRADE. THE TOP QUALITY KERIS ARE WORKS OF ART BUT STILL KERIS AND JUST SHOW OFF A HIGHER LEVEL OF CRAFTSMANSHIP AND MATERIALS. THEY SELL TO A HIGHER CLIENTEL WHO APPRECIATE THAT HIGH LEVEL OF WORKMANSHIP AND MATERIALS. THAT TOO IS TRADITIONAL AS SUCH THINGS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN MADE FOR ROYALTY AND THE WEALTHY. PERHAPS THE STATUS OF A KERIS IS DIFFERENT TO SOME COLLECTORS TODAY THAN IN THE PAST BUT SOME TRADITIONS STILL APPLY. I WAS PRIVELEDGED TO HANDLE QUITE A FEW OF THE HIGH QUALITY KERIS WHEN IN BALI A FEW YEARS AGO. I APPRECIATE THE MATERIALS,WORKMANSHIP AND HISTORY OF KERIS. I FIND THEM BEAUTIFUL AS LIKE SNOWFLAKES NO TWO ARE ALIKE. THE PLEASING SHAPES OF BLADE SCABBARD AND HANDLE. THE BEAUTIFUL WOOD GRAINS COMPETE WITH THE PARMOR IN THE BLADES AND THE CARVEING AND FITTINGS ARE THE ICING ON THE CAKE. TO HAVE A COLLECTION OF EVERY VARIATION OF KERIS ONE WOULD HAVE TO OWN EVERY LAST ONE.