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Old 19th April 2011, 11:27 PM   #20
Sajen
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Originally Posted by asomotif
Considering that this keris is collected pre ww 2. Is it thinkable that in those days a keris would be left handed.

I still can't figure out what is the most natural position.
The hilt fits like a glove when in left handed position...
But still this is so unnatural to me that I consider to either enlarge the hole in the ukiran or slightly straiten the peksi to give a good fit in right hand position.
Hello Willem,

when you do it, do it very carefully, it will be not the first broken pesi!

Regards,

Detlef
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