Hi Erik,
buy it! It's a nice complete example, only the tips of the wrangka are broken.
sajen

My Goodness,
... anytime if I want to see good examples of keris panjang, then I must go to Europe. Not to Suimatra anymore.

Thanks Erik, and Sajen for the picture sharing.

GANJAWULUNG

Dear Pak Ganja,

nothing to thank. And your examples also very nice.

sajen

Pak Ganja also many thanks to you for sharing these great examples!
One question my example had a ship made of horn, not wood.
Is this common with the crescent shaped ships?
The ukiran is of wood which I think in most examples is made of horn?

Regards, Erik

Hello Erik,

no, it isn't found so much that the wrangka is from horn, a second reason to buy it. And yes, the handles most of the time from horn.
My both big examples have handles from horn while the wrangkas from wood.

Regards,

sajen

Ship? Do you mean the upper part of the sheath? IMHO, the common material is wood. But I have some upper-part warangkas which are made of horn, with fine grain. Not Sumatran warangka, but Tegal upper-part of warangkas (without gandars -- pictures below).

My keris panjang's handle is made of (buffalo) horn too...

GANJAWULUNG

Interesting,

Here is an anak alang with the ship made of rhino horn and
the simle hilt repaired.

Michael

Very unsual hilt-repair, never seen something like this before.

sajen

I've seen repairs like this done in the peninsula. Yes, I have always found such repairs to result in unusual looks. :)

I have not been following this thread, but I've just scanned through it and noticed my name.

Kai, I do not know anything much about this subject, and I do not like to speculate, or really, even to comment unless I can back up what I say, so I have said nothing about the keris form being discussed here.

Yes, I do have quite a few of these keris, they are not all straight, several are waved, they are not all without pamor, the blade styles vary from what is shown here through to distinctly Bugis and Javanese blades. One I have is the state execution keris of Brunei dating from 1842, and it is like a very slim Moro keris. Scabbard styles vary from the typical Peninsula ones shown here to Bugis, Jawa, and unidentified.

I am inclined to think that this long blade style was probably pretty widely spread throughout S.E. Asia.

Good Match or Not?
 

Dear All,
I try to match this old sumatran 'pendokok' to a jawa demam hilt recently. Are they a good match, or not, if I put this composition to a Riau keris like this? I know there are some sumatran experts around here. Would be grateful to hear your comment...

GANJAWULUNG

once upon the time in Aceh
 

1895 aceh. Maharaja syahbandar,,?.
(image belong to KTLV)

bahari keris
 

one of my bahari keris for compare


regards semar

Thanks a lot Karset,
Good example to notice. Although not clear enough, the hilt doesn't seem to be a tapak kuda type ...

Thanks, Semar for the beautiful example.

GANJAWULUNG