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The usual method of casting Malay brass-ware is by 
the cire perdue process. A clay and sand solid model 
of the article to be cast is first made. This is covered 
with wax, any modelling for patterns being then done. 
The wax in its turn is coated with clay and sand. It 
is next run out, the mould being so constructed that a 
hollow is left between the core and the outer coating. 
Into this the molten metal is poured, the core and 
casing being removed subsequently. 
The Manu- The manufacture of creeses and of 
facture of weapons in general is a dying industry; 
creeses and in most parts of the Peninsula it is al- 
other ready dead. This is to be ascribed to the 
weapons. present-day security of life and the 
fact that the wearing of weapons in 
public is not allowed. 
The Malayan region has' long been famed for the 
creese, a type of dagger peculiar to this part of the 
world. The Malay values this weapon not only for 
the beauty of its blade, which is frequently damascened, 
but for its lucky qualities. Some creeses, according to 
their measurements, are supposed to be lucky in war, 
while others are good to take on a trading expedition 
and will ensure the sale of the goods at profitable 
prices. Another weapon will enable its owner to kill 
a tiger, if he meets one; yet another will prove useless 
in such - an emergency and will thus bring about the 
death of its owner. 
One could enumerate many types of creese but, in a 
non-technical pamphlet, much detail is a thing to be 
avoided. Suffice it to say that the weapon may be 
short or long and the blade either straight or waved, 
damascened or plain- The hilt of the weapon, as used 
in the Peninsula, is nearly always, except in the case 
