Keris Kamardikan

[Anthony G.]

Originally Posted by A. G. Maisey

It is correct and normal to apply kinatah before doing the warangan.

Personally I would hesitate to refer to any current Madurese keris maker as an "empu". Pande keris perhaps, if he was doing the forge work as well as the cold work, but not empu. True empus are very few and far between.

In any case, even though you are not particularly happy with the result, you have managed to obtain a truly rare and beautiful pamor. Pure art. If you had not ordered it, you might have waited a lifetime to even see this pamor.

Thanks for sharing about the process on warangan and application of gold process. The maker said that he can re-craved the lion after the application of gold again. I am not sure how he can do it since there is no more metal left for craving. Hopefully the result will be finalise and acceptable.

Your msg. finally let me realised what is true definition of empu. Thank you.