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from what i understood and been told the mark was intentional... looks a bit awkward it is true...
Jean; Do you know what is the meaning and purpose of those golden marks on your keris? |
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David;
Belief attending to meaning of marks and other belief regarding the history and background of the keris is one thing and can be exteremely subjective. but the marks on keris is a hard objective fact. If we can see it on the keris , it is certainly purposely made - for whatever reason. Marks are usually obvious (not always) and can not be mistaken from incidental defects to the blade. |
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Here is another example of talismanic marking on my old pandai saras blade, which is not obvious at a cursory glance.
But if you put the blade at a certain angle in good light, you can see cross hatches on one side and parallel small hatches on the other side. These are obviously made for whatever purposes that I am not sure of. |
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i did think the same when i first saw it, but a couple of people who know about patani keris that I showed this to, told me it's a mark done purposely.
they could be wrong...or right... |
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The golden marks were recently made or refurbished I think but the engravings look original. Regards |
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30th December 2016, 11:04 AM | #9 |
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I would need to examine the first blade under magnification to know what I was looking at.
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Mr Maisey.
i will try to get better pics when I get back home in a few days time... |
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