Bali Keris found it's way to me

A. G. Maisey · 7th July 2024, 01:13 PM

Thank you Pendita.

That explains a lot, old Balinese terminology, & perhaps not quite as we know it now.

I've posted a pic that I've copied from "World of the Balinese Keris", this shows how the terms for keris characteristics in Bali had some variation from Javanese terms.

At the present time I don't know anybody who regularly uses these terms. I do know a few pandes & tukang wrongko in Bali, & in conversation they use Javanese terms, the same as I use. Maybe this is because we speak in Bahasa Indonesia, not Balinese. Between themselves they could well use these old Bali terms. I'll see if I can find that out.

As for blade restoration, from the pic it doesn't look like it needs cleaning, if it were mine, I'd polish it with wet & dry paper and up to 1200 grit, then I'd stain it.

7th July 2024, 01:13 PM	#4
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 6,781	Thank you Pendita. That explains a lot, old Balinese terminology, & perhaps not quite as we know it now. I've posted a pic that I've copied from "World of the Balinese Keris", this shows how the terms for keris characteristics in Bali had some variation from Javanese terms. At the present time I don't know anybody who regularly uses these terms. I do know a few pandes & tukang wrongko in Bali, & in conversation they use Javanese terms, the same as I use. Maybe this is because we speak in Bahasa Indonesia, not Balinese. Between themselves they could well use these old Bali terms. I'll see if I can find that out. As for blade restoration, from the pic it doesn't look like it needs cleaning, if it were mine, I'd polish it with wet & dry paper and up to 1200 grit, then I'd stain it. Attached Images Last edited by A. G. Maisey; 7th July 2024 at 01:25 PM.