Origin of my "mystery keris"

Greybeard · 19th April 2010, 05:45 AM

Hello Gustav, Penangsang,

Thank you for your inputs. Sorry for the distorted pictures. This happened by scaling down the images; the original photos are far too large. In reality the blade is a bit more elongated and a bit less wavy, although the luk are indeed of the rengkol type.

If the ada-ada is pamor, might it be some sort of Sodo saler then?

Madura or East Java -- could this keris be recent and artificially aged by acid? This was my first thought when this keris arrived one year ago: The rust pitting is regularly distributed over the entire blade, and the edge corrosion appears too extreme to be "natural" -- yes, the corrosion seems suspicious to me!

Regards,

Heinz

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19th April 2010, 05:45 AM	#4
Greybeard Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Switzerland Posts: 124	Hello Gustav, Penangsang, Thank you for your inputs. Sorry for the distorted pictures. This happened by scaling down the images; the original photos are far too large. In reality the blade is a bit more elongated and a bit less wavy, although the luk are indeed of the rengkol type. If the ada-ada is pamor, might it be some sort of Sodo saler then? Madura or East Java -- could this keris be recent and artificially aged by acid? This was my first thought when this keris arrived one year ago: The rust pitting is regularly distributed over the entire blade, and the edge corrosion appears too extreme to be "natural" -- yes, the corrosion seems suspicious to me! Regards, Heinz