Bali Keris

purwacarita · 28th September 2005, 12:22 PM

Hi Rick. I can hardly tell that. Keris has symbols that meaningful to some communities and meaningless to others. Even at the same community, the same symbol can speak differently because of the message told by the last owner to the next.

~Ing ngarso sing tuladha, ing madya mbangun karsa, tut wuri handayani.

Mick · 28th September 2005, 02:20 PM

Boedhi Adhitya

The thing measures 22 inches (55.88 cm) from the tip to the junction of the Pesi and the Ganja. This is the largest (real type) Balinese Keris that I have ever seen. It is several inches longer than anything else that I have in my collection. This is why a new sheath had to be fabricated from scratch. It is wide enough to be refitted to many good old sheaths, but too long for probably most that are in existence.

In fact the Keris was so good that it’s size didn’t register on me until I started looking at some of my material for something that could be modified to accept the blade. The tip went well beyond the end of any thing that I had in hand. I couldn’t even find a standard US size box to use (when you include the length of the Pesi) to send the blade off to be redressed unless it was of ridicules dimensions. The UPS guys chopped up a large box make something for shipment.

Ki Jayamalelo · 17th October 2005, 03:07 PM

Hello Mick,

congratulation, its a wonderful piece.

Ki Jayamalelo

28th September 2005, 12:22 PM	#1
purwacarita Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 54	Hi Rick. I can hardly tell that. Keris has symbols that meaningful to some communities and meaningless to others. Even at the same community, the same symbol can speak differently because of the message told by the last owner to the next. ~Ing ngarso sing tuladha, ing madya mbangun karsa, tut wuri handayani.

28th September 2005, 02:20 PM	#2
Mick Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Orlando Posts: 104	Boedhi Adhitya The thing measures 22 inches (55.88 cm) from the tip to the junction of the Pesi and the Ganja. This is the largest (real type) Balinese Keris that I have ever seen. It is several inches longer than anything else that I have in my collection. This is why a new sheath had to be fabricated from scratch. It is wide enough to be refitted to many good old sheaths, but too long for probably most that are in existence. In fact the Keris was so good that it’s size didn’t register on me until I started looking at some of my material for something that could be modified to accept the blade. The tip went well beyond the end of any thing that I had in hand. I couldn’t even find a standard US size box to use (when you include the length of the Pesi) to send the blade off to be redressed unless it was of ridicules dimensions. The UPS guys chopped up a large box make something for shipment.

17th October 2005, 03:07 PM	#3
Ki Jayamalelo Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Germany Posts: 18	Hello Mick, congratulation, its a wonderful piece. Ki Jayamalelo