Talk:Titanium Keris Knife/@comment-202.70.51.12-20100522040147

Its from Java-Indonesia more than 650 years ago, Sir Stamford Raffles claim that its been made since 14th century AD, ancient Sukuh temple in Karanganyar-Central Java built in 1362 AD reveals a bas-relief depicting man forging a keris, description by Ma Huan (a translator who accompanied the Chinese Admiral Zheng He) during Zheng He third expedition they visited the Majapahit kingdom in 1416 and provided the following account: "... men in Java have a pa-lak stuck in their girdle. Everybody is carrying such a weapon, from the child of three years up to the oldest man. These daggers have very thin stripes and whitish flowers and made of the very best iron alloy; the handle is of gold, rhinoceros or ivory, cut into the shape of devil faces and finished carefully"