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Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: Massachusetts, US
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Hello,
Would love your expertise in identifying this Keris..
Thanks in advance! |
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No doubt some of the more expert forum dwellers will have a different take, but to me seems to be a Balinese kris.
I have been told by many that even very well known expert experts find them difficult to tell apart and that one expert may say one thing while another may say the opposite. The quality appears to me to go under the better kerisses and perhaps I could venture into saying that this could be a Kulit Semangka pamor. Several people whom “ wash” krisses with warangan ( I have met 3 until now very well known in the Dutch kris community) told me that having a loose ganja is not unusual and that, in fact, it may indicate that the kris has been washes a number of times therefore, old but that too, as everything else may be faked (although I doubt that it is in this case) This can be restored. |
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Would agree, an old Bali or Lombok blade.
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It is a Bali style blade, but whether from main island Bali, or from Lombok island colony, it is virtually impossible to know with any certainty.
This doubt persists even when a blade is in the hand. There are some indicators that might make one lean towards either Bali or Lombok, but we cannot ever be certain. With this keris I lean to Lombok, but I would never debate it. No real opinion on age, but 19th century would be a safe guess. Pamor is wos wutah (& all related variations of the same words) The imperfect gonjo fit could have been there since the blade was made, or it might have been knocked out of its original position, the blade does not look old enough for erosion to have caused the gap. |
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Is this a pin? Or am I seeing things?
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Reflected light?
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