Balinese Keris for comments

A. G. Maisey · 18th December 2021, 08:38 PM

I'd be inclined to accept this blade as Bali, or Lombok, I don't think I could fit it into Jawa classification. It is not any sort of major work, just a simple "every man's" blade. We don't really expect major identifying indicators in low level work.

Mendak is Madura/East Jawa.

The hilt should come off pretty easy with a bit of heat & patience, this process has been covered several times here in the past.

It would probably restore reasonably well.

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18th December 2021, 08:38 PM	#6
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 6,990	I'd be inclined to accept this blade as Bali, or Lombok, I don't think I could fit it into Jawa classification. It is not any sort of major work, just a simple "every man's" blade. We don't really expect major identifying indicators in low level work. Mendak is Madura/East Jawa. The hilt should come off pretty easy with a bit of heat & patience, this process has been covered several times here in the past. It would probably restore reasonably well.