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Hi All
Just picked this up on ebay. The interesting thing is that the blade seems to have lost a small section of the center of the blade a couple of inches down from the tip on one side only? Lew |
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Hi Lew,
Nice looking keris; I wonder if the missing piece is the result of a forging flaw loosened by warangan staining . ![]() |
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Here are a few pics of the keris I took tonight. The hilt is wood and horn? The missing piece looks like a forging flaw to me.
Lew |
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Hey Lew. I was watching this piece too. I decided not to bid mostly because there was no sheath, but i like this blade, even with the missing chunk at the tip. The hilt looks like a good one with a nice patina. Wouldn't mind seeing better pictures of that. Are you saying that you can't tell if it is horn or wood or that it is both horn and wood?
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David
The darker material is horn closest to the mendak and the brown part is nicely figured wood one hilt made from two separate materials. |
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Nice!
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