sandalwood keris handle

[ferrylaki]

Originally Posted by Boedhi Adhitya

Yes, sandalwood is among the 3 most-preferred wood for wrangka/sheath. (others are timoho and trembalo). What I really meant with 'chip' was 'crack'.

To get the fragrance of sandalwood on Timoho/Trembalo wrangkas you can use sandalwood as the gandar part. It gives the same effect as if you use the sandalwood as wrangka. Of course, the trick won't work on gandar iras

In Jogjakarta, this 'trick' usually applied to the pusakas, mostly which once belongs to royal families. So it is worth to take a look at the gandar, if you find a 'suspected' keris. At least it shows what the keris was really meant to the previous owner. If the keris and wrangka is an original match, of course

wow....this is something new for me.
Thanks Boedhi..........

[A. G. Maisey]

Cendana wangi is a beautiful wood to keep a keris in. The softness and level of oiliness is very kind to a blade. However, the scent of sandalwood dies in a cold climate. I have a number of warangka, and a couple of small carvings made out of wangi, and once they get back to Australia, the scent just dies. I also have a small box that is lined with wangi, and the scent in that is still there, but it is very, very, very faint. Nothing like the scent in Indonesia.