keris bugis again

[David]

Originally Posted by Green

La pagaru

the peril of communication is second or thrid language!
At no time did i mention anything about the age of the keris!
My point is, I find the keris you posted good looking and I wonder why Mr Alan Maisey reserves his comment and I would like to learn what he thinks about the kerises!

(Bahaya kesilapan faham berkomunikasi dalam bahasa kedua atau ketiga!
Saya tidak pernah berkata tentang usia keris yang di tunjukkan!
Maksud saya, saya nampak keris2 yang di paparkan itu cantik, tetapi Alan Maisey tidak mahu komen, dan saya ingin tahu mengapa? supaya saya boleh pelajari daripada dia kerana dia seorang yang pakar tentang keris dan perkerisan.)

I don't wish to speak for Alan Maisey and i am sure he will come along at some point and speak to your concern here Green. However, Alan has made it clear countless times on this forum that both his expertise and interest lie in keris from Jawa, Bali and Madura. He is generally reluctant to comment on keris that are made outside of this area.

[Green]

Divid;

Alan has made plenty of comments in other posts on non jawa keris and other ethonagraphic weapons which I greatly benefit from!

And in this particular thread , if my understanding of english language is correct, his nuanced statement seem to indicate that he may have interesting opinion on these kerises (to put it nicely) and this is what pique my interest as my current interest happens to be bugis keris (which he amply knows)... and i want to learn something from him!

the beauty of this forum is that people are very open and free with their opinions (which i find very refreshing) unlike many other keris forums elsewhere.
I have learnt many things from honest comments from my posts and if at all i value criticism much more than praises as i learn more from criticisms than the later.