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Old 22nd September 2011, 02:30 PM   #1
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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 ?

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Old 23rd September 2011, 12:45 PM   #2
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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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Old 23rd September 2011, 10:03 PM   #3
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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?

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Old 24th September 2011, 02:17 AM   #4
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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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Old 24th September 2011, 11:00 AM   #5
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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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Old 24th September 2011, 11:51 AM   #6
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imho, your keris originated in Tuban (east Jawa)
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Old 25th September 2011, 06:41 PM   #7
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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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Old 26th September 2011, 03:57 AM   #8
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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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Old 26th September 2011, 11:49 AM   #9
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The mendak seems suitable for the blade, but not for the hilt, which is balinese type.
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