Thanks you Xas for all your help! This thread is definitely helping clarify my comprehension of the keris. I hope it is helping others as well. Here is another example of a kalis. It has many of the elements that have been discussed in recent threads. A blade with five luks that are shallow and a straight top 30-40% of the blade. No medial ridge but instead a fuller for 2/3 of the blade almost to the tip. Bellow the fuller is an arrowhead feature. The area around the trunk/tusk area is ovate and elongated. The lips point straight out and there is no line around the mouth. It has a single asang asang. The pommel is a kacatua without wings. Cord wrapped hilt with a silverish ferule at the top and another at the bottom to hold the cord in place. Is the top ferule a sulu style ferule? Overall I see a non sulu kalis. Is this correct? With the corded handle and a fuller is this then a war blade? What is the groups assessment of this ensemble?
My second question for the group is on conservation. The tip is quite damaged. What would be the ethical thing to do? Remove active rust from the pits and oil, or would a more proactive approach of a gentile reshaping of the tip be the correct move given the location and severity of the corrosion?
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