Ancient Javanese keris community trust is an heirloom weapon and always should be passed on from generation to generation to the boys, it's not just Kris is also an emblem or symbol of a family establishment. kris is actually a type of weapon or a dagger stabbing weapon traditional Javanese society, but not in Java alone, almost all over Indonesia islands have traditional weapons, whether it's a kind of dagger, spear or arrow. Indonesian kris or keris Java is Indonesia's cultural heritage.
Kris appeared before the Majapahit kingdom, a dagger is also formed as a cultural influence of China and India, it can be seen when we visit some temples in Java, such as Borobudur temple or temple at the foot of Mount Lawu Ceto border between Central Java and East Java. from temple reliefs depict dagger existed since the 9th century BC.
maker keris in call "empu", and technique makes keris extremely difficult sometimes can not be in rationality or not logical. the master if you want to make sure kris always fasted before, it logically must eat human if it will work without fatigue, but very different keris, the master must fast before, even this dagger hanging with the desired kind. dagger to my knowledge there are three kinds regardless of its form and year of manufacture. in solo and jogjakarta kris makers can still be found, or "masters", I have met several times with the "masters" in the solo. in solo as well as any palace in Jogjakarta, the palace and the palace of Jogjakarta solo there is still a family relationship.
"Master" the name of the creator daliman dagger in his solo, he is also one of the courtiers of the palace solo. when I visited with my guest Mr. daan holthousen to the hermitage "master" daliman in solo, he describes how keris and its history.
materials used to make dagger in the two kinds of metals, iron and steel. 2 materials had yet to be mixed with nickel and stone meteorites, meteorite in the know have a titanium content of the material is very high, these two ingredients mix to create a dagger so light and strong. kris with a mixture of such materials is usually very expensive and has its own uniqueness but it usually always strong magical nuance, as I said earlier "the master" to fast first.
in addition to materials earlier, there are still other materials to make the keris as cobalt, silver, tin, copper and gold. materials were short on fuel in the furnace of fire until the first red light up and glow in the forging, and this is done many times, and in the folding and burned again, how this is done to many times to get the desired shape "master ", to the prestige or the dagger motif appears, this process is called" saton ".
its final form would be like silver queen chocolate or plate. its final form would be like chocolate silverqueen or plates, at this stage is called kodhokan, at the end of the slab or kodhokan made rather thin lengthwise to make the handle or grip on the dagger itself, after the subsequent process of forming the grooves dagger called "bengkek" or (prospective gandhik). process is still not finished, continue with the process of "Ricikan" or making ornaments dagger. the last stage is the plating, usually finishing process is a bit difficult especially in gold and diamond ornaments. after all it is completed, a dagger was given arsenic and fragrance, this process should always be done every year, according to the beliefs of the ancient Javanese process is carried out every month " suro or Muharram".
