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Kiai Carita · 29th April 2005, 03:48 PM

All the new keris posted on this thread seem to be good ones to me. At least they are not trying to look old. I say that they are honest keris because they have the tungkakan where the edge of the wilah rests on the ganja it is shaped like a heel (tungkak). The tungkakan seems to have been invented in Solo in the late 19'th century after the Java War (1830). However the first photograph appeared to have a ganja that did not quite fit, this is almost always a sign of an inferior smith.

Salam Keris

29th April 2005, 03:48 PM	#37
Kiai Carita Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 91	Honestly New Keris All the new keris posted on this thread seem to be good ones to me. At least they are not trying to look old. I say that they are honest keris because they have the tungkakan where the edge of the wilah rests on the ganja it is shaped like a heel (tungkak). The tungkakan seems to have been invented in Solo in the late 19'th century after the Java War (1830). However the first photograph appeared to have a ganja that did not quite fit, this is almost always a sign of an inferior smith. Salam Keris