searching for the right dapur??

[sirek]

it seems that much of what has been written about a keris contains
many misconceptions, and therefore creates confusion.
(despite the good will of the writer!)

Thank you for willing to point out and explain these misconceptions.

[A. G. Maisey]

Oh yes Sirek.

Oh most definitely yes.

And this applies to all aspects of the keris.

I believe there has probably been more rubbish written about the keris than any other ethnographic object.Certainly more rubbish written about the keris than any other weapon.

With pamor, you need to understand how the pamor has been made before you can reliably identify the motif, its no good trying to match what it looks like to a picture.

Often you cannot see exactly how it has been made from a photograph and often the maker will have failed to execute a pamor without error, which complicates the matter.

[Rick]

As for dapurs my questions would be:

Who ?
Where ?
When ?
and Why ... ?

[A. G. Maisey]

Rick, a Javanese traditionalist could answer these questions for most dhapurs.

The answers would come from the treasury of Javanese myth and legend, distilled into keris tradition.

If this is the sort of answer you seek, its not all that difficult to provide.

[David]

Originally Posted by Rick

As for dapurs my questions would be:

Who ?
Where ?
When ?
and Why ... ?

Well the "who" would probably most times be impossible to tell and doesn't really interest me as much as the "where", "when" and "why". The "where" and the "when" are of interest to me, but it is the "why" that most intrigues.