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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 9558806, member: 2844&quot;]It is actually pretty much like a straight blade. Not that I have experienced it myself.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>A keris like this has a purely spiritual significance though.</p><p>Other Javanese or Madurese keris were only used as a last resort weapon, when the fighting weapons were lost. Because of their spiritual meaning they were also used for suicide, which was also a last resort option.</p><p>During the Indonesian war of independence, Javanese fighters would occasionally send a keris to Dutch officers, to signify that they had the spiritual strength to withstand the Dutch army. But they didn&#039;t fight with keris.</p><p><br /></p><p>Keris etc from other regions were used as fighting weapons, but that is not the original purpose of a keris.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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