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Friday, January 12, 2007

Dapur

Dapur

Apart from all distinctive features at the bottom of the blade, the keris comes in all shapes and sizes imaginable. The Indonesian term for the shape of the blade is Dapur. At last count, there are about 145 listed and identified Dapur. This doesn't include the variations in-between.

While the conventional view of a keris is that it is wavy, straight blades abound.

The straight blade is called Dapur Lurus or Dapur Bener and the curved, wavy blade is called Dapur Luk.
The waves, "Luk", are always odd in number when counted in the traditional way. The first Luk starts above the Pejetan, and the second on the alternate side of the blade and so on untill the tip.
Some of the common Dapur are Carubuk (7 luk) and Sengkelat (13 luk).





















Some blades, have a lion or Singa, snake or Naga, or a praying man or Pendita instead of having a Telale Gadjah. The names of the Dapur of these blades follow the motive they have, for instance: Singa Barong or Naga Sasra.


Naga






Sasra





Pendita




Some common types of Dapur are:

-Dapur Brojol, a straight keris with only the Pejetan.

-Dapur Tilam Upih, a straight keris with Pejetan and Tikel Alis.

-Dapur Jalak Ngore, a straight keris with Pejetan, Tikel Alis and Greneng.

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