Wilah nr 4 for identification

[Harley]

This is the sheath a couple of days ago, when i saw the picture i found the edge on top and the curl to thick, so i am gonna change that.
I was not easy to do it in one piece, but it was worth the afford.
The hilt i made a couple of weeks back, not very good job, but i have to find a better frais? for the dremel.
Is this a sort of hilt that would be used on this keris, if not, what kind will?

regards,
Ben

[A. G. Maisey]

Here are a couple of examples for you Harley.

The scabbard is a good quality, classical, Surakarta sandang walikat.

The two hilts are typical classic sandang walikat, however, these days a great many collectors use the sandang walikat scabbard form as a vehicle to display a finely carved hilt

[Harley]

Originally Posted by A. G. Maisey

The scabbard is a good quality, classical, Surakarta sandang walikat.

If the one in your picture is a Surakarta sandang walikat sheath, i hope the one i made is the right choice for this blade?
I can never have enough examples , thank you Alan.

regards,
Ben

[A. G. Maisey]

Yes Ben, yours is OK, but take a close look at the front of the scabbard I've posted.

I've seen worse sandang walikats than yours, made in Jawa, by tukang wrongkos, but I do think you could improve the flow and refinement of your SW.

[Sajen]

Hi Ben,

here one more, like you see know Alan the collector world very well!!

Sorry for the hairs on the chair but my cat like to use it when I am absent.

Regards,

Detlef

[Harley]

Originally Posted by A. G. Maisey

Yes Ben, yours is OK, but take a close look at the front of the scabbard I've posted.

I've seen worse sandang walikats than yours, made in Jawa, by tukang wrongkos, but I do think you could improve the flow and refinement of your SW.

Alan,

Thanks for the compliment!
Jean has placed two pictures of a walikat sheath(post 9), my preference was the first one, i shall post them together for better reference.
The first one in my opinion has not a curved nose as in the other examples, but i could be wrong of course.
And i think if it needs to, i can adjust it.


Thank you Detlef,

Never mind the cat hairs, i've 3 German Shepherds, so i'll have my fair amount of hairs

regards,
Ben