Keris with nice Naga Kinatah blade for comments

kai · 7th July 2019, 08:14 PM

Hello Séverin,

Congrats, another excellent acquisition!

IMVHO this blade is considerably older than the 19th c.; very good quality forging as well as sculpturing/kinatah, too.

The hilt exhibits really good workmanship. Not one of the very early hilts but a really good example with interesting details. Could you post larger pics of all sides (and the top), please?

The blade, selut, and hilt are a really fitting ensemble and may well be original.

The top/crosspiece of the scabbard seems to be intact; the stem is often crudely shaped when a pendok is covering it originally. Only close inspection may allow to verify whether the stem and/or the pendok got added later.

Regards,
Kai

7th July 2019, 08:14 PM	#4
kai Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 3,255	Hello Séverin, Congrats, another excellent acquisition! IMVHO this blade is considerably older than the 19th c.; very good quality forging as well as sculpturing/kinatah, too. The hilt exhibits really good workmanship. Not one of the very early hilts but a really good example with interesting details. Could you post larger pics of all sides (and the top), please? The blade, selut, and hilt are a really fitting ensemble and may well be original. The top/crosspiece of the scabbard seems to be intact; the stem is often crudely shaped when a pendok is covering it originally. Only close inspection may allow to verify whether the stem and/or the pendok got added later. Regards, Kai