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Originally Posted by A. G. Maisey
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Here below is a free translation of part of a lecture given to (I believe) the Boworoso Tosan Aji in the late 1970's or early 1980's. The lecture was given in Javanese, and it reflects the opinions of noted ahli keris of the era between about 1880 and 1940
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My question now is this:-
In accordance with the standards that applied in times past, how many people in today's keris world have qualified as having an understanding of the keris at the most basic level?
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Thank you for quoting the interesting lecture.
To answer your question I must say I don't know.
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Originally Posted by A. G. Maisey
Others are of course entitled to their own opinions, however, in the absence of the physical presence of the keris itself, all opinions must be subject to the same qualification --- unless, of course, any of us has personal knowledge of the keris concerned.
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Yes, I believe we are all agree with that.