Mendhak Jogja and Solo

ganjawulung · 12th December 2007, 12:15 AM

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Originally Posted by A. G. Maisey

....However, for a collector who does not know the process it will give some rough idea of the way in which the work proceeds. Some of the really vital things that you need to do are not even hinted at..

Not just collector, Alan... Sometimes (me) a knife-seller too.

Sometimes, I join to watch (watcher, then) my friend Yantono in Solo, making kerises in his "besalen" in Palur. Or making knife with pamor, commissioned by someone. Or sometimes "join" my old friend, Hajar Satoto (young artist in Solo) making "strange dhapur" kerises in Bekonang...

Ganjawulung

A. G. Maisey · 12th December 2007, 04:18 AM

Pak Ganja, when I used the word "collector" I was not in any way referring to you.

In fact, you were the furthest thought from my mind.

I was referring to the general public with an interest in keris but who do not understand the making process. Perhaps I should have written :-
"but for those who do not know"

12th December 2007, 04:18 AM	#2
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 6,992	Pak Ganja, when I used the word "collector" I was not in any way referring to you. In fact, you were the furthest thought from my mind. I was referring to the general public with an interest in keris but who do not understand the making process. Perhaps I should have written :- "but for those who do not know"