Keris Sajen - original vs. fakes

A. G. Maisey · 12th February 2016, 10:37 AM

I've actually seen a few decent finds come off ebay, but I just don't like trying to work things out from photos, its too easy to be wrong, and I really don't like losing money. I'm not in the position where I can recycle my errors and get my money back.

But re my personal collection, David you might be quite surprised to see the pieces I refuse to part with, they are mostly not at all princely, let alone the dhuwung of kings. I place a lot of value on things that have been given to me, things that have more or less found me, rather than me finding them, and keris of the common people. Yeah, there are few royal pieces too, but they're not locked in, whereas a number of seemingly very ordinary keris are permanent.

12th February 2016, 10:37 AM	#7
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 6,989	I've actually seen a few decent finds come off ebay, but I just don't like trying to work things out from photos, its too easy to be wrong, and I really don't like losing money. I'm not in the position where I can recycle my errors and get my money back. But re my personal collection, David you might be quite surprised to see the pieces I refuse to part with, they are mostly not at all princely, let alone the dhuwung of kings. I place a lot of value on things that have been given to me, things that have more or less found me, rather than me finding them, and keris of the common people. Yeah, there are few royal pieces too, but they're not locked in, whereas a number of seemingly very ordinary keris are permanent.