The traditional art of keris making

PenangsangII · 18th December 2011, 02:43 AM

types of wesi mentioned above can be best identified by somebody who is an empu keris or at least a pandai keris. Or maybe by people who live around an active empu. Those are types of "tosan aji" that make up what keris is all about. My guru would call the tosan aji as the essence of a keris and this is what we call the "soul" of a keris. Without a tosan aji, a keris is soulless and it may be called just an 'ageman' or worse as 'keris kerisan' (keris-like object)

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18th December 2011, 02:43 AM	#10
PenangsangII Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 401	types of wesi mentioned above can be best identified by somebody who is an empu keris or at least a pandai keris. Or maybe by people who live around an active empu. Those are types of "tosan aji" that make up what keris is all about. My guru would call the tosan aji as the essence of a keris and this is what we call the "soul" of a keris. Without a tosan aji, a keris is soulless and it may be called just an 'ageman' or worse as 'keris kerisan' (keris-like object)