Silver and Horn Keris from Malaysia

A. G. Maisey · 11th February 2017, 09:11 PM

These keris-like objects with non-ferric blades are most definitely not keris.

They cannot be regarded as keris in any way.

They are a substitute for a keris.

If it is necessary to wear a keris as an item of dress, but one does not possess a keris, then very often a keris-like object is substituted for the keris. This object might have a silver blade, a pewter blade, a wooden blade, or as I once saw, a cardboard blade.

But it is not a keris.

Not in any way.

11th February 2017, 09:11 PM	#9
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 7,048	These keris-like objects with non-ferric blades are most definitely not keris. They cannot be regarded as keris in any way. They are a substitute for a keris. If it is necessary to wear a keris as an item of dress, but one does not possess a keris, then very often a keris-like object is substituted for the keris. This object might have a silver blade, a pewter blade, a wooden blade, or as I once saw, a cardboard blade. But it is not a keris. Not in any way.