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It took a bit of time to find my example.
Worth the wait imo. |
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I Like it, stylish and simple
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Definitely worth the wait I love it.
Similar of yours made by Pak Sukamdi (from Keris Jawa book) |
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Well, it's time to add two of my favorite pictures.
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well, forging of blades it is a flourishing industry in the Indonesian archipelago and there is no shortage of modern blades.
Personally I find the bethok forms very elegant. I wanted to have one and when it was offered to me from my German correspondent on Bali I took it. |
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Most of the lately posted here actually are Jalak Budho.
At least some if not most of blades in my pics will end as "river findings". Regarding the Keris of Milandro, I would like to add, strangeness of the impression is greatly created by the shape of Gandhik, inspired by the long and thin "false Gandhik" which on Dhapur Sineba blades are found on backside. I constantly find myself thinking I'm looking on a reversed picture of a Keris Dhapur Sineba, but where the normaly Gandhik should be there suddenly is Wadidang and Buntut. A mind twisting experience. |
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About the so called " river findings ", I find they are astonishing obvious fakes, made on purpose to deceive ( but I really don't know who they are deceiving). To me they are like " relic" guitars or cameras made with pre worn-out accents or new hats with burned or soiled bits to pretend and use and age that they don't have. I don't understand it or netter, I do not comprehend it (there is , in my mind a different , I may understand something as something that happens outside me, comprehend involves me " including a concept" within me. |
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A keris is a private thing to own and not to wear in public to impress. Gustav has shown us hundreds of new kerises going through the process of artificial aging. I run headlong into the problem for me as a westerner believing that Indonesian peoples are NOT aware of the fact that a vast majority of these ancient keris are not ancient and have been made to deceive. There is no magick or internal spirit (isi?) in these pieces of artificially decaying metal. I'd like to be able to understand the cultural importance of these counterfeit Tosan Aji. ![]() |
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So these are photos that you took while in Indonesia? Can you tell us anymore about that encounter and what they told you about these blades and their intended futures?
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bethok, linggis, methuk |
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