Incidentally Alan, this has brought me to a question regarding learning about the keris and the Javanese tangguh system.
Centhini and texts like it list things like tangguh and give brief descriptions about their features. If the keris is a keraton art, and Centhini (if I'm not mistaken) a compilation of texts written under keraton auspices, is it valuable towards a student learning and understanding the keris?
I ask because you have mentioned more than once on this forum that this is not possible without personal tuition from someone qualified to teach, with good keris in hand to examine and refer to. I can see how this would be the best way, maybe the only way to truly learn, so my question is mainly about the role and value of texts like Centhini.
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