What's on your bookshelf?

David · 23rd September 2015, 04:40 AM

Now now Alan, i think you are nitpicking my words just a bit too much. What i wrote was immediately after stating "I believe 'The World of the Javanese Keris' by Garrett and Bronwen Solyom is perhaps one of the most accurate of all these books, though it does deal with only a small area of the keris world". I agree with you completely on this book to the best of my own personal experience to say. I will happily concede to use of the word "most" over "all". I was simply turning a phrase there. What more, i have certainly not read ALL books on keris so i couldn't possible know if there are even any others of equal accuracy to the Solyom book. It an excellent work for sure.
However, by "grain of salt" i did not intend "disbelief". I didn't really even mean anything as strong as "doubt". Merely a healthy state of skepticism. In an infinite universe even things we are fairly certain of might well turn out not to be correct in the face of new research and evidence. And a little salt usually makes my food taste a little better.

A. G. Maisey · 23rd September 2015, 07:55 AM

Please accept my apologies David, if I interpreted your "pinch of salt" comment a little too literally. My problem is that I have earnt my living for most of my life by being a professional nit-picker, and on things that I take seriously, yes, I do tend to over-pick the nits.

David · 23rd September 2015, 02:01 PM

Apology accepted, but unnecessary. I was merely trying to make my position more clear.

Gavin Nugent · 25th September 2015, 05:24 AM

Some but certainly not all, many more a boxed away until the reading room shelving is complete...I'll be happy to publish them later if there is interest

Some are of no literary use to me at all as I only read English...but images often speak volumes, more so if the caption that are not in English translate well.

Gavin

Gavin Nugent · 25th September 2015, 05:25 AM

And more.

harrywagner · 25th September 2015, 07:26 PM

Wow. Thanks Gavin. Great library!

David · 25th September 2015, 09:00 PM

Nice illustrative posting Gavin. I would love to find that Keris Bali book at a reasonable price some day.

25th September 2015, 05:24 AM	#4
Gavin Nugent Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,818	Some but certainly not all, many more a boxed away until the reading room shelving is complete...I'll be happy to publish them later if there is interest Some are of no literary use to me at all as I only read English...but images often speak volumes, more so if the caption that are not in English translate well. Gavin Attached Images

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Gavin Nugent Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,818	And more. Attached Images

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harrywagner Member Join Date: Jul 2015 Posts: 373	Thanks! Wow. Thanks Gavin. Great library!

23rd September 2015, 04:40 AM	#1
David Keris forum moderator Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 7,211	Now now Alan, i think you are nitpicking my words just a bit too much. What i wrote was immediately after stating "I believe 'The World of the Javanese Keris' by Garrett and Bronwen Solyom is perhaps one of the most accurate of all these books, though it does deal with only a small area of the keris world". I agree with you completely on this book to the best of my own personal experience to say. I will happily concede to use of the word "most" over "all". I was simply turning a phrase there. What more, i have certainly not read ALL books on keris so i couldn't possible know if there are even any others of equal accuracy to the Solyom book. It an excellent work for sure. However, by "grain of salt" i did not intend "disbelief". I didn't really even mean anything as strong as "doubt". Merely a healthy state of skepticism. In an infinite universe even things we are fairly certain of might well turn out not to be correct in the face of new research and evidence. And a little salt usually makes my food taste a little better.

23rd September 2015, 07:55 AM	#2
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 6,992	Please accept my apologies David, if I interpreted your "pinch of salt" comment a little too literally. My problem is that I have earnt my living for most of my life by being a professional nit-picker, and on things that I take seriously, yes, I do tend to over-pick the nits.

23rd September 2015, 02:01 PM	#3
David Keris forum moderator Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 7,211	Apology accepted, but unnecessary. I was merely trying to make my position more clear.

25th September 2015, 09:00 PM	#7
David Keris forum moderator Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 7,211	Nice illustrative posting Gavin. I would love to find that Keris Bali book at a reasonable price some day.