A Keris for comment

[harrywagner]

Originally Posted by Henk

Very nice keris. Certainly not tourist stuff.
I believe the naga is done with gold because the copper stuff looks different.
Stay with the plain ukiran. The other one is a madura ukiran. The keris is in javanese dress.
The keris itself is maybe not very old but a lovely piece in my opnion.
Well done!!

Thank you! That helps me a great deal. I like it also and am reasonably certain the gilding is gold. My fingernail has no effect on it and the blade is heavier than the other three Keris I have, which I attribute to the gold. I would not have been a bit surprised to discover it was a tourist item, and am thrilled that it is not. I'll swap out the hilt for the more traditional one and park the one from Madura on my desk. Thanks again. Much appreciated.