Thai's damar murub?

PenangsangII · 15th April 2010, 11:42 AM

sometimes its hard to tell exactly what are the characteristics of a blade to be qualified to be called "tangguh pattani", and even more difficult to be called "pandai saras". The history of kerissmith in Pattani is as vague as the great Empu called Pandai Saras. Most of the stories on the great empu was obtained from oral tradition, and sadly, most information of Pandai saras came from keris dealers and collecters.

If the story of Empu Pandai Saras, allegedly a refugee from Java during Amangkurat I (Mataram 1646-1677) was true, then we can also say that dapur pandai saras originally came from Java, and your example is a pattani blade with jawa flavor.

Palembang is another place where this type of blade might be the origin or at least the influence - and when we talk about Palembang blades, automatically Cirebon-Pajajaran influence came to mind due to proximity of these places. And a Pandai Saras without kembang kacang - might as well be the earliest pandai saras prototype that was brought through trades or even wars from West java to Palembang to Pattani. my 0.02 dollars only.

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15th April 2010, 11:42 AM	#7
PenangsangII Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 401	sometimes its hard to tell exactly what are the characteristics of a blade to be qualified to be called "tangguh pattani", and even more difficult to be called "pandai saras". The history of kerissmith in Pattani is as vague as the great Empu called Pandai Saras. Most of the stories on the great empu was obtained from oral tradition, and sadly, most information of Pandai saras came from keris dealers and collecters. If the story of Empu Pandai Saras, allegedly a refugee from Java during Amangkurat I (Mataram 1646-1677) was true, then we can also say that dapur pandai saras originally came from Java, and your example is a pattani blade with jawa flavor. Palembang is another place where this type of blade might be the origin or at least the influence - and when we talk about Palembang blades, automatically Cirebon-Pajajaran influence came to mind due to proximity of these places. And a Pandai Saras without kembang kacang - might as well be the earliest pandai saras prototype that was brought through trades or even wars from West java to Palembang to Pattani. my 0.02 dollars only.