A feature of interest

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Hello All,

I was in South Sulawesi recently with my Bugis-Makasar friends and acquaintances and talking a lot about keris (and badik) culture and lore and the technical features of kerises in particular which of course is a subject steeped in mysticism of a highly complicated (at least to me) form, to put it mildly.

One feature of interest that was pointed out to me is an area along the edge of a blade of a keris (or badik, and also a trisula) where it seems the pamor intrudes into the edge of the blade itself (the baja), separating the edge into two distinct parts or zones, with a small notch between them. This feature, I was told, is known as sippa sikadoi (I was given several different spelling variations of this term, and cannot recall if this is a Bugis or Makasar word, and it’s possible I have not heard and transcribed it correctly), is very auspicious, considerably enhancing the significance and the value of the blade, and is said by male owners of the keris (or badik etc) to function almost like an an irresistible magnetic force, in particular attracting members of the opposite sex.

I’ve highlighted the feature on a keris.

Does anyone have any more information about this?