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PenangsangII · 22nd August 2007, 05:48 AM

Greetings to all keris lovers,

Michel, the term Beko comes from a leave called beko. The profile of a keris beko can be described as like any other sepukal dapur, but with certain characteristics:
1) Less protruding aring (ganja)
2) Dapur jalak (Javanese) at the middle of the blade
3) Rounded tip (compared to very narrow tip of Bugis Sepukal)
4) Overall mata / bilah is wider
5) Normally without contrasting pamor metal / or one metal type only
6) Jawa demam (peninsular / Pattani) style hilt
7) Sheath can be saribulan (Kelantan/Sumatra) or tebeng (Bugis / Pattani)

Keris beko originates from Kelantan, Northern Malaysia and Pattani, Southern Thailand. Often produced to function as fighting keris....

22nd August 2007, 05:48 AM	#12
PenangsangII Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 401	Keris Beko Greetings to all keris lovers, Michel, the term Beko comes from a leave called beko. The profile of a keris beko can be described as like any other sepukal dapur, but with certain characteristics: 1) Less protruding aring (ganja) 2) Dapur jalak (Javanese) at the middle of the blade 3) Rounded tip (compared to very narrow tip of Bugis Sepukal) 4) Overall mata / bilah is wider 5) Normally without contrasting pamor metal / or one metal type only 6) Jawa demam (peninsular / Pattani) style hilt 7) Sheath can be saribulan (Kelantan/Sumatra) or tebeng (Bugis / Pattani) Keris beko originates from Kelantan, Northern Malaysia and Pattani, Southern Thailand. Often produced to function as fighting keris....