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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.

23rd September 2007, 11:41 PM	#142
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 6,704	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.