FORMING HOT METAL WITH BARE HANDS

[David]

Originally Posted by Boedhi Adhitya

An 'old school boy' like you may get "lost in terminology" nowdays in Java keris world

Hi Boedhi, nice to read you again.
This is undoubtable true and i certainly make no claims to be up on the latest keris lingo in the Jawa keris world. Not sure that is really possible from half way around the world though.
So if the above type of keris is nowadays referred to as Puthut Sajen, so be it. I am curious what the actual meaning of the word "puthut" is. Can anyone assist there. I have always understood it as a praying figure while i have looked upon the sajen hilts as ancestral figures, which may or may not be the same thing.
Still, i am doubtful that even the current keris world in Jawa would call Karttikeya's keris a Sombro, would they? And i still question that a keris pijit need have 9 indentations to be considered genuine.