Need Help to Identify Sepuh (Old) / Kamardikan Java Keris

A. G. Maisey · 10th August 2017, 10:32 PM

You are most welcome Joe.

Yeah, I think you could be right about the possible maker. In fact, I think it is possible that more than a few of the lesser keris that we see were made by somebody associated with keris, rather than empus, or pandai keris, or even smiths.

In Solo during the 1980's, there was a m'ranggi who worked for me, in fact I knew him for 12 or 14 years, and he made a few keris. They were Solo pattern, and pretty good productions, he had a smith make the forging then he carved it. Also one of Pak Pauzan's panjaks (striker) used to make keris, he forged them in Pakpus' forge in his own time and took them home to carve.

10th August 2017, 10:32 PM	#20
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 7,044	You are most welcome Joe. Yeah, I think you could be right about the possible maker. In fact, I think it is possible that more than a few of the lesser keris that we see were made by somebody associated with keris, rather than empus, or pandai keris, or even smiths. In Solo during the 1980's, there was a m'ranggi who worked for me, in fact I knew him for 12 or 14 years, and he made a few keris. They were Solo pattern, and pretty good productions, he had a smith make the forging then he carved it. Also one of Pak Pauzan's panjaks (striker) used to make keris, he forged them in Pakpus' forge in his own time and took them home to carve.