Boedhi Adhitya
The thing measures 22 inches (55.88 cm) from the tip to the junction of the Pesi and the Ganja. This is the largest (real type) Balinese Keris that I have ever seen. It is several inches longer than anything else that I have in my collection. This is why a new sheath had to be fabricated from scratch. It is wide enough to be refitted to many good old sheaths, but too long for probably most that are in existence.
In fact the Keris was so good that it’s size didn’t register on me until I started looking at some of my material for something that could be modified to accept the blade. The tip went well beyond the end of any thing that I had in hand. I couldn’t even find a standard US size box to use (when you include the length of the Pesi) to send the blade off to be redressed unless it was of ridicules dimensions. The UPS guys chopped up a large box make something for shipment.
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