My first Keris

Valjhun · 12th February 2006, 10:25 AM

Gentlemen, thank you all for your help!

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Originally Posted by nechesh

Just a warning. They are addicting.

Nechesh, I bet it, as soon I have recived it, I needed at least one more...

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Originally Posted by Henk

Bolong is refering to the holes in the sogokan. It is said that when the owner is looking through the holes to a woman he wants, he will get her.

Happy hunting

What a coincidence, just the one I needed

Ehm,... Would be just looking to the foto of her enough? I really do not want to scare her....

Here are some aditional immages. Simatua, a Sangkelat, I guess? What is the meaning/purpose of that bright metal insert in the Bolong?

simatua · 12th February 2006, 11:30 AM

a sangelat indeed, it has a double djalu memet.
I Dont know exactly what the bright metal insert the bolong means.
I know that manytimes often through the many washings due to the "hormat" = honour given at the keris. The keris gets this bolong at the thinnest places first.
in my opinion there some possibilities:
1. It was there all the time , only this piece of metal (nickel) was more resistent to the arsenic then normal iron, and still stucked there

2.The owner attatched a high value at this keris. rapairing the(starting) bolong with strange iron different than the keris is "not done" , so the reapairing was done with a different metal. Sometimes you see reparations on old kerise done with gold.

3. Its inserted to give more powers at the powers already existed.
in this case i would certainly take this keris to the disco...

....i hope the kerisexperts/lovers can tell more about it

ariel · 12th February 2006, 06:10 PM

I guess Valjhun owes this Forum a complete account of the consequences of his trip to the singles bar.
If he reports a success, I am screwing a hole in one of my krises

nechesh · 12th February 2006, 06:14 PM

Martin, the keris with the forged bolong was not mine. I will see if i can obtain any photos of it.
Personally, i like older mendaks as well, but not if they have considerable damage or loss. For me it is a gesture to the spirit of the keris to dress it appropriately.

12th February 2006, 11:30 AM	#2
simatua Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 69	a sangelat indeed, it has a double djalu memet. I Dont know exactly what the bright metal insert the bolong means. I know that manytimes often through the many washings due to the "hormat" = honour given at the keris. The keris gets this bolong at the thinnest places first. in my opinion there some possibilities: 1. It was there all the time , only this piece of metal (nickel) was more resistent to the arsenic then normal iron, and still stucked there 2.The owner attatched a high value at this keris. rapairing the(starting) bolong with strange iron different than the keris is "not done" , so the reapairing was done with a different metal. Sometimes you see reparations on old kerise done with gold. 3. Its inserted to give more powers at the powers already existed. in this case i would certainly take this keris to the disco... ....i hope the kerisexperts/lovers can tell more about it

12th February 2006, 06:10 PM	#3
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	I guess Valjhun owes this Forum a complete account of the consequences of his trip to the singles bar. If he reports a success, I am screwing a hole in one of my krises

12th February 2006, 06:14 PM	#4
nechesh Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 940	Martin, the keris with the forged bolong was not mine. I will see if i can obtain any photos of it. Personally, i like older mendaks as well, but not if they have considerable damage or loss. For me it is a gesture to the spirit of the keris to dress it appropriately.