My first Keris.....but is it a good one??

[Rick]

There are a few theories about the function of the Ganja . An esoteric one is that the Ganja is like a stopper on the base of the blade to hold the spirit in the blade .

Mechanically it may have been easier to add a Ganja to widen the blade than to try to forge it all in one piece .

I'd like to see a full shot of the blade profile (dapur) .

The pamor is laminated to both sides of a steel core ; a sandwich of sorts .
Then there are blades made entirely from pamor material with no core .

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