Resin-based Warangka & Hilt

[A. G. Maisey]

SJ, there are many perspectives, many understandings to much in this world.

History & societal progression are two fields that seem to be more rich than most in the ways in which interpretations & beliefs can vary.

The ways in which the people of a society provide ready access to the ideas upon which a society stands are usually expressed in forms that are characteristic of the society itself. In the case of Javanese society we have a synthesis of indigenous beliefs overlaid with Hindu-Buddhist beliefs, overlaid by Islam, and in the modern era overlaid again by the values of the developed world.

Frankly, I am reluctant to attempt to dismantle the elements of Javanese society in any attempt to categorise one element as attributable to a single influence. We need to bear in mind that when we consider entities that progress as a thread through time, that to form an opinion on any one part of that thread we must first identify the window in time that we are looking through.

In simple terms:- time alters perspective.

[shadejoy]

Originally Posted by A. G. Maisey

SJ, there are many perspectives, many understandings to much in this world.

History & societal progression are two fields that seem to be more rich than most in the ways in which interpretations & beliefs can vary.

The ways in which the people of a society provide ready access to the ideas upon which a society stands are usually expressed in forms that are characteristic of the society itself. In the case of Javanese society we have a synthesis of indigenous beliefs overlaid with Hindu-Buddhist beliefs, overlaid by Islam, and in the modern era overlaid again by the values of the developed world.

Frankly, I am reluctant to attempt to dismantle the elements of Javanese society in any attempt to categorise one element as attributable to a single influence. We need to bear in mind that when we consider entities that progress as a thread through time, that to form an opinion on any one part of that thread we must first identify the window in time that we are looking through.

In simple terms:- time alters perspective.

..and such is life, absolutely. Thank you as always for your insight.

[Mickey the Finn]

~cringe~ ~shudder~
Honestly, I really do not think so. Some things are simply not cricket, old boy; and some things are simply not done. Certain things are so far beyond the pale of decency that to even raise the question...

I would never even consider applying the insult of resin dress to any keris.

But as long as nobody else ever saw it, as long as it was kept in a singep, in a locked drawer, in a locked cabinet, in a locked room, I guess it might provide a suitable storage facility.

It might do, hypothetically speaking, as a storage facility...of sorts...but there's still the matter of the indignity inflicted upon the keris...

I've read about fibreglass warangka a few years ago. I've seen photos of cardboard kotak. I also have a singep here beside me, made of some sort of synthetic fabric with a "pseudo-batik" pattern incorporating the logo of some football club with the initials "ACM", the red cross on a white field of England, and the year 1899... If anybody ever gussied me up in such a getup, even on a "casual Friday"...

Just because a thing exists, it doesn't mean it ought to, nor that it's appropriate to use said thing for the purpose it's artificer intended.

M. t. F.