My Bugis keris

Johan van Zyl · 23rd October 2016, 11:58 AM

Rasdan, thank you. What still confuses me a bit (and it is nobody fault, because a keris does not have its place of origin printed on it for all eyes to see) is this: it has been suggested this Bugis keris blade comes from either Riau Lingga, or the Straits, or the Peninsula, or Sumatra. Simple minded me of course wants to have the origin pinned down to a few square miles, but I know that to be laughable! Fact is, these places are all in relatively close proximity to one another. What description do you suggest, can I give this Bugis keris: it is a Bugis keris from where? Is there an umbrella-like term that one can use to describe its origin?

And about something else: can you help me understand how my blade tip had been reshapen by someone in the past? To my inexperienced eyes it looks "normal"! Did some metal get removed?
Cheers
Johan

23rd October 2016, 11:58 AM	#36
Johan van Zyl Member Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: I live in Gordon's Bay, a village in the Western Cape Province in South Africa. Posts: 126	Rasdan, thank you. What still confuses me a bit (and it is nobody fault, because a keris does not have its place of origin printed on it for all eyes to see) is this: it has been suggested this Bugis keris blade comes from either Riau Lingga, or the Straits, or the Peninsula, or Sumatra. Simple minded me of course wants to have the origin pinned down to a few square miles, but I know that to be laughable! Fact is, these places are all in relatively close proximity to one another. What description do you suggest, can I give this Bugis keris: it is a Bugis keris from where? Is there an umbrella-like term that one can use to describe its origin? And about something else: can you help me understand how my blade tip had been reshapen by someone in the past? To my inexperienced eyes it looks "normal"! Did some metal get removed? Cheers Johan