Ngadal Meteng?

jagabuwana · 6th April 2023, 01:32 AM

Our most senior and knowledgeable members here will tell you that they encounter terms that were not used or known to their teachers and other keris-literate people (the most literate, even) in their time of learning. The fact that some sellers use it nowadays might not mean much at all.

Anyway, we've established that ngadal meteng refers to a particular blade cross-sectional shape, one that is similar to closed curly brackets {}. It was not that difficult for me to find this on Google.

I doubt that it has an originally intended meaning or significance behind it. Given that we are talking about the keris I'm sure someone has come up with a meaning for it. And if enough people believe in that meaning then it is true. Retroactive continuity. I haven't encountered any of these meanings myself.

6th April 2023, 01:32 AM	#9
jagabuwana Member Join Date: Jan 2018 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 277	Our most senior and knowledgeable members here will tell you that they encounter terms that were not used or known to their teachers and other keris-literate people (the most literate, even) in their time of learning. The fact that some sellers use it nowadays might not mean much at all. Anyway, we've established that ngadal meteng refers to a particular blade cross-sectional shape, one that is similar to closed curly brackets {}. It was not that difficult for me to find this on Google. I doubt that it has an originally intended meaning or significance behind it. Given that we are talking about the keris I'm sure someone has come up with a meaning for it. And if enough people believe in that meaning then it is true. Retroactive continuity. I haven't encountered any of these meanings myself.