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Originally Posted by freebooter
Hi Alam Shah, Thank you for your reply. I don't think the blade has been repaired, I have included another 2 photos showing the detail of the Ganja, what is shown in the first photo of the original posting is what I would just call an age spot. I don't think from holding it and looking at this Kris, that the Belalai Gajah is an add on, again see photo, but then I don't know much of the forging processes of knives. I can say that there is amazing detail, I'd even go so far as to say that I can see the Elephants eyes, though not shown very well in the photos. With regards to the luks, I too am confused on this matter, if I was to just count them I would say 10, but if I included the head of the Belalai Gajah as the first wave, I would say 11.
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The newer pictures showed that the belalai gajah is intact, not repaired on the reverse side. I stand corrected, the flow is there and 11 luks it is then.
Gazing on the blade, many abstract forms may appear.
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Originally Posted by freebooter
... some have placed it as early as the 14th century, but all I am told is taken with a grain of salt until my own research can confirm or deny any claims. I am guessing that a traditional cleaning might reveal more but I am quite taken by the old patina it carries and in particular the somewhat green hue this blade has in places. I too like the pendokok, for some reason it reminds me of the great Angkor architecture. The toe of the sheath is horn too David.
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19th century would be my estimate. The bugis pendokok, is widely used in the malay archipelago, (peninsular malaysia, sumatra, riau-lingga...etc), so by virtue of this alone, it would be difficult to determine origin. I like this form too.
