Keris or not?

A. G. Maisey · 28th September 2024, 04:33 AM

The waves in the blade of a keris are called "luk".

"Lima" is the number 5.

"Luk Lima" is "five wave".

The present method of wave count is to begin on the first wave above the gandhik and the first wave on the other side of the blade is wave 2.

We continue towards the point and finish the count on the same side of the blade that we began on, often there is no wave at that point, it is often a nominal wave only.

The number of waves is always uneven, except in extremely rare cases.

28th September 2024, 04:33 AM	#9
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 6,879	The waves in the blade of a keris are called "luk". "Lima" is the number 5. "Luk Lima" is "five wave". The present method of wave count is to begin on the first wave above the gandhik and the first wave on the other side of the blade is wave 2. We continue towards the point and finish the count on the same side of the blade that we began on, often there is no wave at that point, it is often a nominal wave only. The number of waves is always uneven, except in extremely rare cases.