Grandfather's Kris...

[Antonio Cejunior]

Originally Posted by David

Antonio, the hilt is known a Jawa Deman, literally the "feverish Jawanese" and is a stylised image of a figure bent forward with his arm across his belly as if ill. It is a common style of keris hilt, especially from the Peninsula area, though i haven't seen one that uses this exact design before. This one seems even more geometric and less organic than the ones i have seen.

David,

Thanks for the explanation. Although we agree on the blade, I wonder if the absence of a baca-baca is due to the scabbard design.
But I surely like the ensemble, and mainly the handle as it strikes me how nicely stylized it is.

Wonderful IMHO.

[David]

Originally Posted by Antonio Cejunior

Thanks for the explanation. Although we agree on the blade, I wonder if the absence of a baca-baca is due to the scabbard design.

Antonio, baca-baca is a feature to be found on Moro kris. It is not a feature that is usually on Malay or Indonesian keris so it has nothing at all to do with scabbard design.

[Antonio Cejunior]

Originally Posted by David

Antonio, baca-baca is a feature to be found on Moro kris. It is not a feature that is usually on Malay or Indonesian keris so it has nothing at all to do with scabbard design.

Oh, I see David.

My bad I'm not a specialist but have learnt one more thing.
Thank you