Swish of the Kris - For Wayan :)

BluErf · 30th June 2006, 02:25 PM

The hilt posted by Mick - someone actually took a picture of that picture, developed and laminated the photo. Then, went around showing it to dealers and saying that it was the picture taken off a real keris he had handled. The story went that some playboy scion of one of the Sulawesi royal families needed money to fuel his decadent lifestyle, and was willing to steal the keris for a price. Hmmm... unfortunately for him, most of us saw that the photo was taken off a book/catalogue.

I would have been tempted to say that I'm interested and see what sort of 'shock' I'd get.

30th June 2006, 02:25 PM	#32
BluErf Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Singapore Posts: 1,180	The hilt posted by Mick - someone actually took a picture of that picture, developed and laminated the photo. Then, went around showing it to dealers and saying that it was the picture taken off a real keris he had handled. The story went that some playboy scion of one of the Sulawesi royal families needed money to fuel his decadent lifestyle, and was willing to steal the keris for a price. Hmmm... unfortunately for him, most of us saw that the photo was taken off a book/catalogue. I would have been tempted to say that I'm interested and see what sort of 'shock' I'd get.