Keris Java Solo options please

David · 25th June 2018, 07:52 PM

Welcome to the forum Patje.
I would say that in most cases an old keris is going to have relatively newer dress. You seem very interested in age based upon the questions you have also asked in your other threads. Age is, of course, not particularly easy to assess, especially based only upon viewing a blade from an internet photo. I think to would be fair to say that this keris has some age. Based only on the photos i would say it might be safe to place it in the 19th century, though, of course, it might be older. Condition is based upon the care given and the time in which a keris might have been taken out of circulation. Some blades that were collected for European collection in the 16th and 17th century still look like they might have been forged just a few years ago because they were stored away and never received any daily wear over the centuries.

25th June 2018, 07:52 PM	#3
David Keris forum moderator Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 7,211	Welcome to the forum Patje. I would say that in most cases an old keris is going to have relatively newer dress. You seem very interested in age based upon the questions you have also asked in your other threads. Age is, of course, not particularly easy to assess, especially based only upon viewing a blade from an internet photo. I think to would be fair to say that this keris has some age. Based only on the photos i would say it might be safe to place it in the 19th century, though, of course, it might be older. Condition is based upon the care given and the time in which a keris might have been taken out of circulation. Some blades that were collected for European collection in the 16th and 17th century still look like they might have been forged just a few years ago because they were stored away and never received any daily wear over the centuries.