Hardening keris sombro/pejet - an indecent anecdote?

jagabuwana · 31st March 2018, 07:03 AM

I am reading an excerpt from Jean Greffioz' book The Keris. Legendary Weapon from Indonesia which mentions keris sombro/pejet and the legendary Empu Ni Brok Sombro. Jean mentions:

"Another legendary speciality from empu Sombro was her very personal technique for hardening the kris blades, but the decency forbids me to relate it here. An old kris Sombro is shown on picture 2C."

Well heck, now I'm intrigued! Does anyone know this technique?

31st March 2018, 07:03 AM	#1
jagabuwana Member Join Date: Jan 2018 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 276	Hardening keris sombro/pejet - an indecent anecdote? I am reading an excerpt from Jean Greffioz' book The Keris. Legendary Weapon from Indonesia which mentions keris sombro/pejet and the legendary Empu Ni Brok Sombro. Jean mentions: "Another legendary speciality from empu Sombro was her very personal technique for hardening the kris blades, but the decency forbids me to relate it here. An old kris Sombro is shown on picture 2C." Well heck, now I'm intrigued! Does anyone know this technique?