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<\/a>The blade of the dagger is usually narrow with a wide asymmetrical base.\u00a0 Ancient blades dating from around the time of the Majapahit empire (1293-1400 AD) often have straight blades – more recently the blades have become wavy- always an odd number of waves ranging from 3 to 29.<\/p>\nIn Bali the kris is associated with the dragon and water, the waves in the blade symbolize the movement of the serpent.<\/p>\n
In Java the kris was said to contain all the natural elements- earth (metal) formed by fire, stoked by wind and water for tempering. The dagger is said to have a spirit or a soul as well. (Re-produced under fair-use and with credit)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" An asymmetrical dagger, native to many regions of South East Asia,\u00a0 the kris is both a weapon and a spiritual object. The kris was seen as a secondary weapon in battle, to be used by warriors who had lost their main weapon which was usually a spear. it was also carried daily by commoners for self defense. During more peaceful times, the kris was part of traditional ceremonial attire. The blade of the dagger is usually narrow with a wide asymmetrical base.\u00a0 Ancient blades dating from around the time of Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":966,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[5,40],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3466"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3466"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3466\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6745,"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3466\/revisions\/6745"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nThe blade was made with layers of different metals- a simple one could be made in a short time but high quality blade could take years to finish, as the metal is folded many times and ritually treated as well.\u00a0 The technique of folded metal results in a characteristic finish that is called “pamor” in Malay.\u00a0 Many different specific patterns of pamor<\/strong><\/a> are possible, each with its own name and meaning.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n