Luk 1 or 3

A. G. Maisey · 14th September 2008, 02:18 PM

The Surakarta Karaton Pakem does not list Luk Satu.

You've got straight keris, then you go to three waves.

There is no luk satu keris. In fact, its simply not possible.

You count the waves of a keris by starting with the blade pointing up and the gandik to your left, the dip immediately above the gandik is counted as luk # 1. You move from side to side across the blade as you count and you must finish with an uneven number. There is no choice:- the keris is a symbol of the male, uneven numbers are male numbers, all keris must have an uneven number of luk.

Yes, I know somebody out there has a keris where the tip of the blade veers off to the right, and they think they can count this as an even number of luk.

Wrong.

You need to add one to the count to make it uneven.

The male is not associated with female numbers, and the keris is male.

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14th September 2008, 02:18 PM	#5
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 6,992	The Surakarta Karaton Pakem does not list Luk Satu. You've got straight keris, then you go to three waves. There is no luk satu keris. In fact, its simply not possible. You count the waves of a keris by starting with the blade pointing up and the gandik to your left, the dip immediately above the gandik is counted as luk # 1. You move from side to side across the blade as you count and you must finish with an uneven number. There is no choice:- the keris is a symbol of the male, uneven numbers are male numbers, all keris must have an uneven number of luk. Yes, I know somebody out there has a keris where the tip of the blade veers off to the right, and they think they can count this as an even number of luk. Wrong. You need to add one to the count to make it uneven. The male is not associated with female numbers, and the keris is male.