Keris with a „spear-point-blade“

[A. G. Maisey]

Yes Jean, it is, but I didn't bother to look at the Ska pakem or anything else, I was running on memory, and that memory is ingrained from personal experience.

If you look at Ensiklopedi you will see that not everybody uses the Ska Pakem all the time. In fact, there is more than a little variation between the Ska pakem and what people in the trade, and collectors who work with keris call particular dhapurs.

I'm pretty OK with staying with the Ska pakem most of the time, but that doesn't mean that I use those designations all the time. I like the Ska pakem because I think most people are now aware of it and use it and understand it. But I'm not averse to using something else if it fits.

I'm never going to get all upset about things if somebody wants to call something a different dhapur or pamor. There is in fact no real standard, when you're part of group you try to stay with what the group understands because it avoids argument.

Nothing to do with keris is carved in stone.

For instance, that similar keris you posted a pic of. If it did not have kembang kacang I'd call it Dhapur Regol. Now go and have a look at Regol in the Ska Pakem, then look at Regol in Ensiklopedi. Neither one is unquestionably right nor wrong, but because the Ska Pakem was composed under the aegis of the kraton, it is taken as having more authority. Harsrinuksmo gathered his info from present day collectors and keris study groups.

Take your pick.

If you care to do a dhapur by dhapur comparison of the ska pakem with other references you will find more than a little variation.