Looking for beginners guide to Keris

[David]

Originally Posted by awdaniec666

Hi A.G., Hi Milandro,

thank you for replying!

- The Site is mainly about edged weapons and I will implement noswonogus too (not swords and not guns, like axes and spears).
- A list of links is probably something for forums like this one. I made the Glad primarily because I love to write.
- I personally will not research Keris swords, and wonÂ’t write about them. I am looking for somebody who knows about the topic and likes to write something basic for readers with different interests than Keris.
- Thanks for the sources. I will check them.

Such articles are ideal for people who are just curious what a certain topic offers but do not intend to collect those swords and spend hours into research. ItÂ’s supposed to be an excourse, a glimpse over the edge. I was once asked if we pay our authors - the whole project is being resized in our free time and is not even non-profit, but non-financial, we practically loose money by making everything available for free and like to write and share knowledge. But we cannot cover every type of swords on earth with our small team. Maybe I wasnÂ’t clear enough

I willl say this in regards to what you are looking for. For many years there has been quite a bit of questionable or even straight out false information circulated about keris, some online and some in books which were accepted collector guides for decades. Some incorrect informations seems to be constantly recirculated from older texts and dealers love to use unsubstantiated stories about keris to increase the intrigue surrounding the stock that they are selling. At the same time it should be understood that the keris is many things to many people and coming to concise conclusions on certain aspects of this cultural icon can be quite impossible at times. In this way it is quite unlike any other edged weapon i am aware of. So before you post an article on your site i would suggest that you vet it well in various forums to avoid adding to the noise of misinformation that has followed the study of keris for many years. It is a very complicated subject and difficult at best to sumarize in a short basic article. Best of luck to you!