Yogyakarta keris

Henk · 24th February 2009, 07:58 PM

The tip has been reshaped indeed. The signs of that actions are clearly visible.
I don't think the blade has been treated with accid to give it an older look, but to remove the rust. I think this keris would look completely different when it would be stained again with warangan.

Freddy · 25th February 2009, 07:29 PM

Yes, I know. Staining the blade would improve it. Problem is that this is not easily done in Belgium.

Any ideas on the dapur of this blade ? It has a ganja iras, so this must make it possible to identify it.

In the first book by Tammens, I found dapur chengkrong (according to the author an 11 luk blade which sometimes has a ganja iras and no prabot).

But isn't dapur chengkrong or cengkrong different to my keris ?

Henk · 25th February 2009, 09:30 PM

The first book of Tammens can give a nice indentification of a dapur. I learnt however in the past that pinning a blade down in a dapur is rather tricky. Alan Maisey gave some magnificent examples of this behaviour.

25th February 2009, 07:29 PM	#2
Freddy Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Sint-Amandsberg (near Ghent, Belgium) Posts: 830	Dapur ? Yes, I know. Staining the blade would improve it. Problem is that this is not easily done in Belgium. Any ideas on the dapur of this blade ? It has a ganja iras, so this must make it possible to identify it. In the first book by Tammens, I found dapur chengkrong (according to the author an 11 luk blade which sometimes has a ganja iras and no prabot). But isn't dapur chengkrong or cengkrong different to my keris ?

24th February 2009, 07:58 PM	#1
Henk Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 1,209	The tip has been reshaped indeed. The signs of that actions are clearly visible. I don't think the blade has been treated with accid to give it an older look, but to remove the rust. I think this keris would look completely different when it would be stained again with warangan.

25th February 2009, 09:30 PM	#3
Henk Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 1,209	The first book of Tammens can give a nice indentification of a dapur. I learnt however in the past that pinning a blade down in a dapur is rather tricky. Alan Maisey gave some magnificent examples of this behaviour.