Chieftain keris

[Sajen]

Originally Posted by Jentayu

Nice catch. A beautiful keris indeed but I don't think its a chieftain. Looks more like a "keris selit" or small keris for customary use.

Would like to know how long is the blade and the keris complete!

[henri]

Sajen , the blade is exactly 260 mm and overall 345 mm

[Sajen]

Thank you Henri, by this size it is possible that Jentayu is correct.

Regards,

Detlef

[Marcokeris]

Beautiful keris

[henri]

Thank you Marco .

So I will file this one as Keris selit / Malaysian origin .

[Raja Muda]

I'm interested in the blade material. I've seen it in a lot of Bugis pieces as the iron has a rather silvery colour rather than the greyish tinge or approaching black hue found on other blades manufactured elsewhere in the region.

Is this the result of the blade not being acid stained, or due to some high nickel content in the base material perhaps?

Can someone enlighten me

[Jean]

Originally Posted by Raja Muda

I'm interested in the blade material. I've seen it in a lot of Bugis pieces as the iron has a rather silvery colour rather than the greyish tinge or approaching black hue found on other blades manufactured elsewhere in the region.

Is this the result of the blade not being acid stained, or due to some high nickel content in the base material perhaps?

Can someone enlighten me

Hello,
This blade was just scrubbed for removing the rust and would look completely different after warangan, see examples of Bugis blades before and after treatment.
Regards