Pameran Keris Kamardikan - Kamardikan Keris Exhibition 27 - 28 Aug 2016

A. G. Maisey · 6th September 2016, 10:06 AM

Yes, the Bali one.

Strictly speaking "tambal" is a patch that mends something, but in this Bali keris the patches are not the pieces of pamor, the "tambal" is --- I believe --- the strips between the pieces of pamor:- look very closely at the way the grain continues from one island of pamor to the next, and then look even more closely at the junction between the black separating strip and the solid black border material.

I'd need to handle it to be certain of what I think has been done, but in any case, however it was done it is brilliant work.

6th September 2016, 10:06 AM	#35
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 6,991	Yes, the Bali one. Strictly speaking "tambal" is a patch that mends something, but in this Bali keris the patches are not the pieces of pamor, the "tambal" is --- I believe --- the strips between the pieces of pamor:- look very closely at the way the grain continues from one island of pamor to the next, and then look even more closely at the junction between the black separating strip and the solid black border material. I'd need to handle it to be certain of what I think has been done, but in any case, however it was done it is brilliant work.