Keris for comment

[Alam Shah]

Originally Posted by David

LOL!!! ... He basically assured me it was not only the real deal, but a very powerful JAVANESE keris according to his own knowledgeable Javanese friends. So powerful that when he took it out to show them the guy's wife had to leave the room.

Probably the wiser wife was thinking... what a piece of crap...

[QUOTE=David]He told me that he would bet me $4000 (to the charity of my choice) if i was correct, but of course he is not willing to put it to the test. I challenged him to post it here and i think it is funny that it found it's way here afterall.

Originally Posted by David

Yes, i think "keris-like object" desribes this item best.

A nicer and polite way of describing the item.

Originally Posted by David

To actually call it a keris is an insult to a great art and culture.

Precisely. If this is the quality of keris, I guess we'll be off collecting other stuffs. Fortunately, it is not. So here we are commenting and discussing, as usual.