talk about rare...
I'll bet that no one here on this forum has a keris like one of these two keris that I display here; often talked about, but I'm not sure if actual photographs of one of these keris have been shown here. it was presented to me by a person who went to Bali a year to go and ceremonially presented it to me last Friday night. What could I do? I accepted it with thanks and promised I'd add it to my collection. Actually, I'd be willing to bet that very few people on this forum have one of these in their collection.
The other one, externally similar, came from eBay for the price of the four orders of fish and chips. I bought it because, notwithstanding the external appearance, it looked as if it was a “real” blade.
Oh, and I hope everyone will notice that both blades have a very special characteristic: “The base piece or ganjar is also made one with the blade, and it is rarely seen and is called ganjar seiras.”
I won't tell you where I got that last quote about “the rare ganjar seiras,".
happy Sunday; I hope I made your day.
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