Keris exhibitions in Patani and Jogja

[Sajen]

Wow, thank you very much for sharing.

[A. G. Maisey]

Green a question on the spelling you have used:-

is it "chenok/choteng'

or "cenok/coteng" ?

Thanks.

Very interesting photos, thank you.

[Laowang]

Wow! Much thanks, Green. A much more extensive & comprehensive set of photos than I would have expected, or hoped for. Almost as good as being there.

As you noted, some mismatches, some blades that could use better care, and as Jean noted, the method of display isn't particularly conducive to appreciating individual keris. That being said, overall quite a gathering. The whole definitely much greater than the sum of the parts.

[Battara]

Hi Green,

We need you to upload these pictures directly to this site please.

[kai]

Hello Jose,

those pics are numerous and amount for over 130MB so batch processing will be needed to reduce bandwidth.

If Nik agrees though, it might be more productive to discuss especially noteworthy pieces in separate threads?

Regards,
Kai

[kai]

Thanks a lot for your efforts, Nik!

Even with a "don't touch" sign next to the pieces, I would not dare to exhibit crowded tables like this to the general public...

BTW, from your ample experience with local collectors, can you possibly comment on how acceptable surface rust is on such keris from a local POV? Some keris are apparently relatively well maintained with only limited rust dusted over the surface while others do show extensive crusts of active rust and probably extensive corrosion.

Regards,
Kai

[David]

Originally Posted by kai

BTW, from your ample experience with local collectors, can you possibly comment on how acceptable surface rust is on such keris from a local POV? Some keris are apparently relatively well maintained with only limited rust dusted over the surface while others do show extensive crusts of active rust and probably extensive corrosion.

I was wondering the same thing. The event was advertised as offering cleanings, but some of those blade would need more than a quick acidic bath to remove what appears to be years of rust and corrosion from neglect.
I see a few really nice keris in there that seem to be wasting away.

[David]

Originally Posted by kai

Hello Jose,

those pics are numerous and amount for over 130MB so batch processing will be needed to reduce bandwidth.

If Nik agrees though, it might be more productive to discuss especially noteworthy pieces in separate threads?

Regards,
Kai

I would agree with Kai that it might be a bit much to upload ALL these images to the site. I was going to suggest a select few of the nicer examples. There are many images in there that are either unnecessary for our discussions or repetitive of the same weapons.
It would be nice to get a good representative collection of them up here though. The problem we have with links like this Nik is that eventually these galleries seem to go away for one reason or another and then any discussion of the shown weapons becomes difficult without the visual examples.