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|Kasam [[cross-out]] Ichsan was father -in-law of |Martodinomo, & also a krismaker
-takes about 10 days to make a rough kris blade, unpolished
-acc. to Harjop. krises orders thru coop only ("hanya terima pesanan lewat cooperasi" - 
acc. to Harjop. 7 Americans and Japanese once came (about '73) to study about krises 
handles for krises are bought in the large Jogja market 
shape of blade, handle and sheath chose by person who orders
(( acc. to Joko "pamor" doesn't refer to technique of making, but to power ["cahaya"] of the kris ; 

[[margin note]] Can speak of a kris which has "lost its pamor" [[/margin note]]

pamor if held by a person who cocoks for the kris will transfer to the person, even if its just a plain iron blade ; for a kris with pamor = sakti must bertapa until kris itself asks for a certain type of handle, dress, ornament, etc. ))

[[margin note]] damascene [[/margin note]]

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Martodinomo stays behind Karyodiwongso's house which is across the yard from Harjop. 
both Martod. & Karyod. are sons in law of Kasam Dehsan
- batu for gamping 1000Rp per truck sales price (about 3 1/2 M. 2 acc. to Joko)
in addition to getting money for stone, land cleared for ag
- fertilizers used now are pupuk kandang (manure), pupuk compost (from sisa tanaman mixed with dirt), & pupuk TS
- urea formerly used but no longer 
- acc. to Harjop. land more fertile now than before because of T.S. ; best is to use all 3 types of pupuk however
- other villages in area which make ker. are Selang and Mokul 
(( acc. to Joko in Kallurahan Selang villages which make the most bamboo crafts are Randukuning and Mokul, not dukoh Selang itself ))
- many Kajar I people moved to the ER owned foundry in Sem. 
- are also 4 or 5 pondok traders (tools) from Kajar I