Typical Jogja Keris

Keris is one of the most valuable cultural heritage. Not just a weapon, a dagger is also a spiritual work in the past. Talking about the kris, certainly will not be separated from the history of the keris itself.

Keris is considered as a sign of the journey of a civilization, and a culture within a nation in a very long period of time. Even the thousands of years. Keris is also often associated as symbols, ranging authority symbol, a symbol of wisdom, until the symbol of life. Not only that, a multifunctional keris is apparently in antiquity as well positioned as penglaris, and a symbol of greatness. Look at the picture of the kings of Java, and Java heroes, who always carry a keris.

Keris has indeed experienced a shift function. No longer a weapon, a dagger is now a high-value goods and deserve to be collected. Even some people who love and pursue the sciences and the history of the keris.

Starting from love and collectibles that will stand Jogja Keris kris located in Nagan Kulon No.1 Yogyakarta. Although called Jogja Keris, but this is not the place for you could order a kris, here there is no master-masters who forged iron, maker of magic dagger. But here we can get various models kris from various age and different history.

Keris are bought and sold are generally made of steel and iron meteorites. Yes, a meteor that fell from outer space! And most of that wing is kris Yogyakarta and Solo. For the difference, according to Mas Seno, one of the managers, can be seen from the form kerisnya. Keris Solo bigger and longer than the slender shape of the keris Jogja. Keris at Jogja is a keris Keris ascertained from antiquity, the kingdom era of Java. And initially a collection gathered from various regions in Indonesia.

The value of a dagger can not be seen only from the strong (the origin of the keris from the form that comes from a region or era) kris, because menangguh (estimate the origin of the keris) is not an easy thing. Sometimes each person has a different opinion in menangguh. The term old kris Old Mataram expected tough, and resilient young kris Hamengkubuwono VII.

Mas Mas Jumakir and Seno said, the dagger itself is more determined than the overall aesthetic value, among others, viewed from the prestige of his (motif on a keris), one priority, and additional materials, such as gold and diamonds. "There is a dagger that was very old, but the usual prominence and condition was not so good, so its value also fell. But there was not so old dagger, but the good prestige and have high aesthetic value, its value will also be high," said Mas Jumakir.

For the dagger that had a very high value, Mas Jumakir called kris elephant Singo. Kris kris is a gift from the king to his commander who managed to win the battle royal at the time of first. At kris have carved elephant and a lion of gold material.

For the price of a kris, can be viewed from different angles ranging assessment of the hundreds of thousands to tens of millions of dollars. For now, Mas Seno said that coming to the stores not only locals but also people abroad, such as Malaysia and the Netherlands. Not only that, there were also many young people who are interested in and explore the world of the keris.

Although focusing on the dagger, but the Jogja Keris also provide services for all tosan aji, such as spears and swords. In addition to serving the buying and selling, Jogja Keris also serve for maintenance and installation accessories.