P a t r e m -- The Smaller Keris

[David]

Welcome Hana. For some reason i also seem to have a special interest in patrem.
Don't be afraid to ask too many questions. That is how we all learn. And just because you are new to the keris world doesn't mean you have nothing to offer yourself. I look forward to your continuing participation.

[HanaChu69]

Hi David,

Thank you for your kind understanding. I want to be clear on certain guidelines in asking too many questions. If more newbies like me were to come on board, I’m sure this warung will be chaotic. By then, I think you will prefer to have more ghost readers than members being too talkative.

I’m thankful to Ganjawulung who has created this thread to bring forth the discussion on patrem. To date, I’m still reading on them. I will continue my participation as long as I’m welcome here.

HanaChu69

[David]

Hana, be sure to check into the search function on this forum. You can search the old forum as well. You might find answers to many of your questions have already been posted.
Look at our name Hana. We are like a coffee house. You can't get too talkative in a coffee house.

[HanaChu69]

Hi David,

Thank you for the tips for it’s quite a handful to read. No worries, I will pose questions if there’s any doubts.

As for being too talkative, you have to specify the scenario. Is it coffee house by the roadside, cybercafé or food court? At the end of the day, there must be mutual respect among us. I guess we will have to take turns or take queue numbers if indeed the coffee house gets too heated up or noisy one day…

[ganjawulung]

Dear All,

Again, I present to you some pictures. This time again, about patrem. What would you call a "medium size" keris which is a little bigger than patrem, but smaller than the normal keris? (See picture, keris in the middle).

I have some kerises with sizes like this: smaller than the normal kerises, but bigger than patrem. The sheath is like normal kerises (second picture below). Please enlighten me...

Ganjawulung

[HanaChu69]

Hi Ganjawulung

Do you mind giving the overall dimension of the “medium size” keris? I guess this thread has been neglected as there maybe only a handful of patrem collectors. I’m trying to collate references on patrem and asking around for more referencing link.

Looking forward to share my findings and would appreciate input from the others as well.

Sincerely,
Hana

[kai]

Hello Hana,

I do think that there are quite a few folks interested in patrem, including me.
However, with my digicam still broken, I'm a bit out of the loop...

Here's an older thread on a weird piece of mine:
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?p=14181
Any additional insights welcome!

Regards,
Kai

[ganjawulung]

Originally Posted by HanaChu69

Hi Ganjawulung

Do you mind giving the overall dimension of the “medium size” keris? I guess this thread has been neglected as there maybe only a handful of patrem collectors. I’m trying to collate references on patrem and asking around for more referencing link.

Looking forward to share my findings and would appreciate input from the others as well.

Sincerely,
Hana

Yes, Hana Chu,
I will measure it, with pleasure. But please, give me some more time to do it. Thank you, for your kind attention. Actually, it is not easy to get patrems, good old patrems -- even in Java.

Ganjawulung