Keris or not?

milandro · 9th October 2024, 08:32 AM

perhaps here you find some of the answers to your questions

http://www.vikingsword.com/ethsword/maisey/

the shape of the kris contains both symbolic and practical elements

A. G. Maisey · 9th October 2024, 09:23 AM

That "Origin" paper is pretty old, the core of it, I think I can still support, but it really needs to be rechurned.

Hugh, the simple answer to your question is that I do not know why most keris are asymmetrical. We can hypothesise, but perhaps that's the best we can do. I think its probably a "form follows function" thing, given the original form of the archaic keris, & the way it was used. But we really have no certainty.

9th October 2024, 08:32 AM	#1
milandro Member Join Date: Jan 2022 Location: Netherlands Posts: 477	perhaps here you find some of the answers to your questions http://www.vikingsword.com/ethsword/maisey/ the shape of the kris contains both symbolic and practical elements

9th October 2024, 09:23 AM	#2
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 6,893	That "Origin" paper is pretty old, the core of it, I think I can still support, but it really needs to be rechurned. Hugh, the simple answer to your question is that I do not know why most keris are asymmetrical. We can hypothesise, but perhaps that's the best we can do. I think its probably a "form follows function" thing, given the original form of the archaic keris, & the way it was used. But we really have no certainty.