Kalis with unusual Lamination

kai · 6th February 2013, 07:35 PM

Hello Ron,

both terms refer only to the orientation of the laminations. The surface treatment isn't covered and would depend on local Indo/Malay traditions.

I agree that utilizing central Javanese definitions/words for Moro kris is not optimal. However, the same could be argued for neighbouring cultures like Sunda in W Java. OTOH, the Jawa terminology is widely known and de facto lingua franka throughout the keris world nowadays with local terminology regrettably lost to time way too often...

Regards,
Kai

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6th February 2013, 07:35 PM	#14
kai Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 3,255	Hello Ron, both terms refer only to the orientation of the laminations. The surface treatment isn't covered and would depend on local Indo/Malay traditions. I agree that utilizing central Javanese definitions/words for Moro kris is not optimal. However, the same could be argued for neighbouring cultures like Sunda in W Java. OTOH, the Jawa terminology is widely known and de facto lingua franka throughout the keris world nowadays with local terminology regrettably lost to time way too often... Regards, Kai