Between Solo and Yogya

A. G. Maisey · 21st September 2007, 03:21 AM

Thanks for your clarification, David.

I did not know that---or if I once did know it, I'd forgotten.

Where is the dividing line?

Do pedang fall outside the basket?

Wedung?

David · 21st September 2007, 01:29 PM

hmmm, good question. I had thought Rick laid it out in the opening posts, but going back i see he did not. I know we spoke privately about tombaks being topical to this forum, but i will defer to Rick on where, exactly, the line should be drawn on other weapons.

Rick · 21st September 2007, 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by David

hmmm, good question. I had thought Rick laid it out in the opening posts, but going back i see he did not. I know we spoke privately about tombaks being topical to this forum, but i will defer to Rick on where, exactly, the line should be drawn on other weapons.

Tombaks are on topic here.
I thought that had been laid out too.

Oh well, I'm certainly no pinnacle of perfection my friends .

The inclusion of other items would tend to distract from our purpose here; plus we'd become just another ethnographic forum .

David · 22nd September 2007, 06:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Rick

The inclusion of other items would tend to distract from our purpose here; plus we'd become just another ethnographic forum .

Well...we certainly don't want that to happen!

A. G. Maisey · 23rd September 2007, 11:41 PM

Thank you gentlemen. I think I have a clear understanding now---I might not have in 6 months time, but at the moment I'm OK.

I had in my mind that we were more or less exclusively keris, that's really the whole reason for our being, but the problem is that lines get a bit blurred sometimes.

Keris and tombak are certainly spiritual brothers, but then keris and some pedang are physical brothers---maybe even spiritual as well.For instance I have pedang with kembang kacang and sogokan, and with luk. Then there are those Bali/Lombok things---what are they called?---ligan. Is this a pedang that is keris-like, or a keris that is pedang-like? What about Lombok cundrik? Blumbangan and sogokan.

Sorry fellers, it gets hard for me. But keris + tombak sounds good for the moment.

21st September 2007, 03:21 AM	#1
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 6,988	Thanks for your clarification, David. I did not know that---or if I once did know it, I'd forgotten. Where is the dividing line? Do pedang fall outside the basket? Wedung?

21st September 2007, 01:29 PM	#2
David Keris forum moderator Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 7,209	hmmm, good question. I had thought Rick laid it out in the opening posts, but going back i see he did not. I know we spoke privately about tombaks being topical to this forum, but i will defer to Rick on where, exactly, the line should be drawn on other weapons.

23rd September 2007, 11:41 PM	#5
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 6,988	Thank you gentlemen. I think I have a clear understanding now---I might not have in 6 months time, but at the moment I'm OK. I had in my mind that we were more or less exclusively keris, that's really the whole reason for our being, but the problem is that lines get a bit blurred sometimes. Keris and tombak are certainly spiritual brothers, but then keris and some pedang are physical brothers---maybe even spiritual as well.For instance I have pedang with kembang kacang and sogokan, and with luk. Then there are those Bali/Lombok things---what are they called?---ligan. Is this a pedang that is keris-like, or a keris that is pedang-like? What about Lombok cundrik? Blumbangan and sogokan. Sorry fellers, it gets hard for me. But keris + tombak sounds good for the moment.