Keris Kinatah on ´roids - impossible?

David · 8th November 2012, 03:29 PM

I believe i do recall reading stories about keris made of metals other than iron to be used against specific people who had magically protected themselves against harm from iron objects. I think these keris were supposedly bronze. But it is always difficult to separate truth from legend with such stories. I believe we may have discussed such keris in this forum before.

Gustav · 8th November 2012, 04:26 PM

This is a quite good thread about metals used in keris different than iron:

http://www.vikingsword.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/002097.html

A. G. Maisey · 8th November 2012, 08:13 PM

Bronze keris are known.

I have seen a photographed a bronze Keris Buda; I've read somewhere --- I had thought Quaritch Wales but I cannot find it in that --- that in Hindu blood sacrifice, bronze was preferred to iron, so this bronze KB was possibly a weapon used for sacrifice.

I also have a Modern Keris --- ie, current keris form --- in bronze.

I've never seen a true keris in any metal other than these two.

8th November 2012, 03:29 PM	#1
David Keris forum moderator Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 7,211	I believe i do recall reading stories about keris made of metals other than iron to be used against specific people who had magically protected themselves against harm from iron objects. I think these keris were supposedly bronze. But it is always difficult to separate truth from legend with such stories. I believe we may have discussed such keris in this forum before.

8th November 2012, 04:26 PM	#2
Gustav Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,273	This is a quite good thread about metals used in keris different than iron: http://www.vikingsword.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/002097.html

8th November 2012, 08:13 PM	#3
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 6,991	Bronze keris are known. I have seen a photographed a bronze Keris Buda; I've read somewhere --- I had thought Quaritch Wales but I cannot find it in that --- that in Hindu blood sacrifice, bronze was preferred to iron, so this bronze KB was possibly a weapon used for sacrifice. I also have a Modern Keris --- ie, current keris form --- in bronze. I've never seen a true keris in any metal other than these two.