Mendak

danny1976 · 22nd September 2011, 03:30 PM

G, Day .

This week I bought some keris from a local auction site , the most is rubbish but there was one East Javanese keris with this mendak .
The keris is relative simple but imo old and ''original'' (so far this can be )

I want know now if this type of mendak is a older type and from East Java ?

Greetings,

Danny

danny1976 · 23rd September 2011, 01:45 PM

No one a idea

I did make a new photo , not so in close up.
Just want to know if this mendak style is ok for a east java keris.

Sajen · 23rd September 2011, 11:03 PM

Hi Danny,

I don't know if this mendak is from East Java but it is a very nice one, I think that I never have seen a similar one. The material look like gold, do you have tested it?

Regards,

Detlef

A. G. Maisey · 24th September 2011, 03:17 AM

Danny, when we move away from the mainstream, particularly with keris that have a bit of age, it is not at all unusual to find mendak that don't fit the usual patterns. This one looks as if it has been done by a village jeweler somewhere. However, you don't show the entire keris, I don't know if I'm looking at Bali, Madura or East Jawa. Would a full length photo in and out of scabbard be possible?

danny1976 · 24th September 2011, 12:00 PM

@ Detlef,

Yes i think also it's gold , i did not test it because i have the keris just a couple of day's but I'm 90 % sure it will be gold.

@ Mr Maisey.

Yes it's ok for me to show this keris , here some photo's maybe that will give the answer where this keris is from? To me it looks really big for a keris from East Java especially the hilt( . But the blade is Javanese to me , It's not cleaned yet so I hope it's ''clean'' enough to determinate .

PenangsangII · 24th September 2011, 12:51 PM

imho, your keris originated in Tuban (east Jawa)

danny1976 · 25th September 2011, 07:41 PM

@ PenangsangII

Thank's for your opinion , but what do you think of the mendak is it the good style for the keris ? That,s why i started this thread

David · 26th September 2011, 04:57 AM

Frankly Danny i am not sure that thus style of mendak looks correct with this hilt form.

GIO · 26th September 2011, 12:49 PM

The mendak seems suitable for the blade, but not for the hilt, which is balinese type.

22nd September 2011, 03:30 PM	#1
danny1976 Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Holland Posts: 245	Mendak G, Day . This week I bought some keris from a local auction site , the most is rubbish but there was one East Javanese keris with this mendak . The keris is relative simple but imo old and ''original'' (so far this can be ) I want know now if this type of mendak is a older type and from East Java ? Greetings, Danny Attached Images

23rd September 2011, 01:45 PM	#2
danny1976 Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Holland Posts: 245	No one a idea I did make a new photo , not so in close up. Just want to know if this mendak style is ok for a east java keris. Attached Images

24th September 2011, 12:00 PM	#5
danny1976 Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Holland Posts: 245	@ Detlef, Yes i think also it's gold , i did not test it because i have the keris just a couple of day's but I'm 90 % sure it will be gold. @ Mr Maisey. Yes it's ok for me to show this keris , here some photo's maybe that will give the answer where this keris is from? To me it looks really big for a keris from East Java especially the hilt( . But the blade is Javanese to me , It's not cleaned yet so I hope it's ''clean'' enough to determinate . Attached Images

23rd September 2011, 11:03 PM	#3
Sajen Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Germany, Dortmund Posts: 8,775	Hi Danny, I don't know if this mendak is from East Java but it is a very nice one, I think that I never have seen a similar one. The material look like gold, do you have tested it? Regards, Detlef

24th September 2011, 03:17 AM	#4
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 6,890	Danny, when we move away from the mainstream, particularly with keris that have a bit of age, it is not at all unusual to find mendak that don't fit the usual patterns. This one looks as if it has been done by a village jeweler somewhere. However, you don't show the entire keris, I don't know if I'm looking at Bali, Madura or East Jawa. Would a full length photo in and out of scabbard be possible?

24th September 2011, 12:51 PM	#6
PenangsangII Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 401	imho, your keris originated in Tuban (east Jawa)

25th September 2011, 07:41 PM	#7
danny1976 Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Holland Posts: 245	@ PenangsangII Thank's for your opinion , but what do you think of the mendak is it the good style for the keris ? That,s why i started this thread

26th September 2011, 04:57 AM	#8
David Keris forum moderator Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 7,121	Frankly Danny i am not sure that thus style of mendak looks correct with this hilt form.

26th September 2011, 12:49 PM	#9
GIO Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 313	The mendak seems suitable for the blade, but not for the hilt, which is balinese type.