51 luk keris with Naga

A. G. Maisey · 12th July 2008, 10:43 PM

Shahrial, a big Tuban keris will run about the same as a Bali keris. They were ideal for alteration, and that's the reason you seldom see them now.

The Javanese long keris that I have seen and owned are just like a normal Jawa keris, but longer.The sorsoran is the same form, but more narrow to be in proportion, where there is a rondha it is a Javanese rondha, the material has the appearance of later Javanese material. I have sometimes thought that these might have been South Sumatra keris, and I have had keris in Sumatra dress that looked similar---or maybe the same--- but the ones I think of as Javanese were in old Javanese dress. I've also had long keris that were much earlier, that had blades which were not Javanese, but the dress was old Javanese dress. I have never seen a long keris in a Javanese pakem and to the best of my knowledge there is no tradition of wear. Execution by keris in Central Jawa was carried out, but I do not know exactly how or with what.

12th July 2008, 10:43 PM	#26
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 6,992	Shahrial, a big Tuban keris will run about the same as a Bali keris. They were ideal for alteration, and that's the reason you seldom see them now. The Javanese long keris that I have seen and owned are just like a normal Jawa keris, but longer.The sorsoran is the same form, but more narrow to be in proportion, where there is a rondha it is a Javanese rondha, the material has the appearance of later Javanese material. I have sometimes thought that these might have been South Sumatra keris, and I have had keris in Sumatra dress that looked similar---or maybe the same--- but the ones I think of as Javanese were in old Javanese dress. I've also had long keris that were much earlier, that had blades which were not Javanese, but the dress was old Javanese dress. I have never seen a long keris in a Javanese pakem and to the best of my knowledge there is no tradition of wear. Execution by keris in Central Jawa was carried out, but I do not know exactly how or with what.