Catalogue of my collection

BluErf · 24th December 2005, 11:10 PM

I think it is wholly possible that different regions of Java had different styles of kerises at the same time. Java is a big place and can hold many courts, many kingdoms at the same time, and I believe at least a couple of them did co-exist in different parts of Java at the some time. The kerises in Jensen's book were, I believe, collected in the coastal areas (Pasisir), which could have keris styles similar to the Balinese courts - big robust blade with prominent ricikan. The kerises in the other areas could have been like what Mans have been posting - relatively petite blades with wide sor-soran and narrow middles and tips. I've seen these in some keris books as been attributed to 16-17th century too.

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24th December 2005, 11:10 PM	#28
BluErf Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Singapore Posts: 1,180	I think it is wholly possible that different regions of Java had different styles of kerises at the same time. Java is a big place and can hold many courts, many kingdoms at the same time, and I believe at least a couple of them did co-exist in different parts of Java at the some time. The kerises in Jensen's book were, I believe, collected in the coastal areas (Pasisir), which could have keris styles similar to the Balinese courts - big robust blade with prominent ricikan. The kerises in the other areas could have been like what Mans have been posting - relatively petite blades with wide sor-soran and narrow middles and tips. I've seen these in some keris books as been attributed to 16-17th century too.