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BluErf · 18th March 2006, 04:17 AM

Introducing my latest keris. Actually, he is the latest one that I received, not the latest one I bought. I actually acquired him 7 months ago!!! He was bogged down in bureaucratic export red tapes, and then got snarled by profiteering shippers who quoted exorbitant shipping rates -> USD475 just to ship him!!!

Anyway, looking at him now, it was all worth it. But had him not been better than in the pictures, he would have been sorely overpriced (not the least due to the shipping). However, I'm sure some fellow forumnites would still find this keris overpriced after looking at the pictures. All I have to say is that this keris represents nearly the best of old N. Malayan keris-making. While it is not flashy like Javanese or Balinese kerises, I besiege you to find and appreciate the grace and subtleties, starting from the sheath and the wood, then to the blade and the metal. Beauty may not be apparent at first sight (and I know beauty is in the eyes of the beholder

). Maybe the keris will "makan mata" (literally "eat your eyes"), which roughly means the keris may grow on you.

http://www.kampungnet.com.sg/modules...view_album.php

18th March 2006, 04:17 AM	#1
BluErf Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Singapore Posts: 1,180	Handsome guy :D Introducing my latest keris. Actually, he is the latest one that I received, not the latest one I bought. I actually acquired him 7 months ago!!! He was bogged down in bureaucratic export red tapes, and then got snarled by profiteering shippers who quoted exorbitant shipping rates -> USD475 just to ship him!!! Anyway, looking at him now, it was all worth it. But had him not been better than in the pictures, he would have been sorely overpriced (not the least due to the shipping). However, I'm sure some fellow forumnites would still find this keris overpriced after looking at the pictures. All I have to say is that this keris represents nearly the best of old N. Malayan keris-making. While it is not flashy like Javanese or Balinese kerises, I besiege you to find and appreciate the grace and subtleties, starting from the sheath and the wood, then to the blade and the metal. Beauty may not be apparent at first sight (and I know beauty is in the eyes of the beholder ). Maybe the keris will "makan mata" (literally "eat your eyes"), which roughly means the keris may grow on you. http://www.kampungnet.com.sg/modules...view_album.php Attached Images