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Hello,
have recently bought by an online auction by very poor pictures this Malay keris, I think it's a Terengganu keris (maybe Kelantan?), nothing special but nice enough to give it care which it seemed to has missed for a long time. It was listed with some other blades, two tourist knifes and a recent machete from Brazil. Hilt is of the anak ayam teleng style made from kemuning wood. Sampir from ketengga and gandar from angsana wood. Blade is very worn and show pandai saras shape with 7 luk. The sarung get refurbished some time ago and is maybe older as it look while the pendokok from brass seems to be very recent. The last picture show one of the auction pictures. Any comments? |
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Hello Detlef,
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I'm not really confident to identify the wood from these pics - just some passing comments: Gandar: Very strong tiger stripes for a northern Malay scabbard! Sampir: Looks like kemuning to me. Hulu: I would not rule out other timbers - looks like more recent work to me, too. I'd be inclined to believe this is from Kelantan/Pattani with the Terengganu hilt added later (and antique scabbard renovated at the same time, probably). Regards, Kai |
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Yes, some are clear cut keris Pandai Saras or Tok Chu for example but there are other forms that will generate endless arguments if this is keris A or B or AB. Then there is a question doesn't the maker - Tok Chu for instance- make other types of keris. So, the answer will pretty much depends on where somebody goes to school as Alan frequently stressed. |
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Thank you Rasdan!
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Most welcome Detlef..
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Detlef has informed me that he will be selling this keris so this thread will be closed until any sale can be completed. Thanks!
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