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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 |
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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. |
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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 |
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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?
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@ 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 . |
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imho, your keris originated in Tuban (east Jawa)
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@ 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 ![]() |
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Frankly Danny i am not sure that thus style of mendak looks correct with this hilt form.
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The mendak seems suitable for the blade, but not for the hilt, which is balinese type.
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