Making handicraft Heritage Javanese Keris

Making handicraft Heritage Javanese Keris

Legacy Keris

The earliest guns known by the public Nations Indonesia especially Java after bamboo spears is kris. Keris is one of Indonesian handicrafts.

Looking at the history of Indonesian people that the dagger proved capable of defeating a firearm in the ancient times.

This is one proof that a keris has a strength that can not be dismissed.

If there's a thought that dagger weapon is a weapon of the past are very weak in strength is a perception that is not true.

Now a sharp weapon such as swords, spears, knives, machetes, and many more are not the same as the kris in terms of strength and potency.

The difference is very far away, ranging from basic materials to the manufacturing process.

This is because the selection of materials (materials), manufacturing processes and treatment (heat treatment) are much different.

Research on the strength of a keris has been done that show the uniqueness of the micro structure.

And this is what makes the strength of a dagger was quite remarkable.

The power of this weapon is a dagger able to withstand high compressive loads, high torsional loads, bending loads (bending) is high, high moment loads.

In other words a dagger proved to have superior mechanical properties that is able to withstand all types of loading.

Sharp weapons now if anyone was able to meet all of the imposition of the above?

Sharp weapons now no one has been able to equal or exceed the strength of keris.

This is a big question why the weapons are now not able to match or even exceed the strength of the weapon dagger.

The secret lies in the manufacturing process.

Actually, the basic material of the keris is also largely determines the strength of the keris.

However, the manufacturing process also affects the strength of a keris is even more significant than the basic material.

In the few studies that have been conducted that showed how to make kris according to the ancient masters is by way of raw materials kris makers of flaked form of bars first, then folded like a sheet of paper folding.

The more menggunakann folds then the strength of a kris will be higher.

So the higher the strength of a dagger means it takes more folds.

The process of making folds worth the time (old creation).

The more folds will automatically take much time to do it.

Hence in ancient times by a master craftsman in the making of a keris it can take many months and even years are adjusted to the power of a weapon dagger wanted to create.

The process of making a dagger in outline is as follows: from the basic material in the form of metals in various alloys such as steel and also the material is heated to a temperature austenisasi meteors.

Austenisai temperature determination is highly dependent on the carbon content of the material contained on that basis.

After reaching the temperature of the material austenisasi flaked dagger struck by how many times until the surface is thin and flat.

Then the material is folded in half and flattened to a thin and flat again by heating it first.

This process is repeated as much as possible depending on how strong kris wanted to create.

The more the number of folds is done then the power of a dagger, the better.

By using the method of the folds turned out to make a kris will be able to withstand the loading of all types of loading are not owned by a sharp weapon today.

When compared with today's sharp weapon, a dagger made ​​by masters of ancient times was much higher in terms of strength and potency.