Collection goals and strategies – do you have them?

A. G. Maisey · 21st September 2010, 06:24 AM

Maybe it depends upon what one wants.

The fellow I am talking about really did not need to see Japanese swords to have a reference, everything was already in his head. I'm talking about somebody who had won signature reading competitions against Japanese. What he wanted was just one perfect sword, not a library full of reference swords.

He no longer needed them.

PenangsangII · 21st September 2010, 07:20 AM

objective of collecting keris?

Sometime it is not our choice.
Acquiring, keeping and maintaining keris is a responsibility to me though I started out as a silat practitioner, it gradually became what David had said earlier. In the process, I changed my objective and direction a few times like Alan, and now stuck with spiritual responsibility.

This may change when I opt to become "moksa" someday...... (moksa in term of stopping anything to do with keris

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Moshah · 21st September 2010, 06:10 PM

Well I am still in my 20s (ahem...late 20's) so I figure that I will spend a lot of money and time making mistakes and collecting rubbish until I can understand much better about keris.

I gather the knowledge from hands on, books, references, forums etc...but the best lesson would be the experiences of paying premium prices for junks...

Still a newcomer like me would always have this kind of problem but the learning curve that i undertaken, for instance thru this forum, would actually saves me a lot of money and time.

I also believe keris can be a good investment, like some of you pointed out. The best investment that came out from keris to me is that it teaches me that history is surprisingly interesting...it's not as boring as when it was in school

ferrylaki · 23rd September 2010, 06:01 AM

I've been collecting keris for 3 years or 4. and I always looking forward to see a different keris every day. I really think that I've reach My state of addiction with this keris matter.
Once Alan said to me. keris is addictive...well I feel it right now.
but the passion of collecting keris is fade away these days.
i found that there are so many hight quality keris surround me that I recently not afford to buy.
From now on, being able to see and to hold a good quality keris personally and study it would be the greatest concern to me.

21st September 2010, 06:24 AM	#1
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 7,015	Maybe it depends upon what one wants. The fellow I am talking about really did not need to see Japanese swords to have a reference, everything was already in his head. I'm talking about somebody who had won signature reading competitions against Japanese. What he wanted was just one perfect sword, not a library full of reference swords. He no longer needed them.

21st September 2010, 07:20 AM	#2
PenangsangII Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 401	objective of collecting keris? Sometime it is not our choice. Acquiring, keeping and maintaining keris is a responsibility to me though I started out as a silat practitioner, it gradually became what David had said earlier. In the process, I changed my objective and direction a few times like Alan, and now stuck with spiritual responsibility. This may change when I opt to become "moksa" someday...... (moksa in term of stopping anything to do with keris )

21st September 2010, 06:10 PM	#3
Moshah Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 171	Well I am still in my 20s (ahem...late 20's) so I figure that I will spend a lot of money and time making mistakes and collecting rubbish until I can understand much better about keris. I gather the knowledge from hands on, books, references, forums etc...but the best lesson would be the experiences of paying premium prices for junks... Still a newcomer like me would always have this kind of problem but the learning curve that i undertaken, for instance thru this forum, would actually saves me a lot of money and time. I also believe keris can be a good investment, like some of you pointed out. The best investment that came out from keris to me is that it teaches me that history is surprisingly interesting...it's not as boring as when it was in school

23rd September 2010, 06:01 AM	#4
ferrylaki Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 285	I've been collecting keris for 3 years or 4. and I always looking forward to see a different keris every day. I really think that I've reach My state of addiction with this keris matter. Once Alan said to me. keris is addictive...well I feel it right now. but the passion of collecting keris is fade away these days. i found that there are so many hight quality keris surround me that I recently not afford to buy. From now on, being able to see and to hold a good quality keris personally and study it would be the greatest concern to me.