Looking for info on contemporary Keris Buda´s

A. G. Maisey · 22nd October 2009, 11:19 AM

Rick, from the point of view of some Javanese keris fanciers, the finish that this blade has been given is, in fact, artistry, that enhances, rather than detracts from the blade. I can understand that it is not to your taste, and frankly, not really to my taste either, but for some people it spells "excellence" with a capital "E".

The question of an attempt to decieve simply does not arise.

This keris has been made to the proportions of a keris buda, but upon a massive scale, and incorporating stylistic variations that are not found in a KB.

It was never intended to replicate a KB, but to be a work of art in the form of a KB. It is a truly massive keris, you cannot really envisage how massive until you hold it.

Rick · 23rd October 2009, 12:38 AM

I understand Alan .
Twenty years and a couple of owners hence though ??

A. G. Maisey · 23rd October 2009, 01:31 AM

Not a possibility with this one Rick.

I emphasise:- it is MASSIVE.

Nobody who had ever handled a keris, let alone a keris Buda, could possibly mistake this art work for an original KB.My pics don't do it justice, it is really a superb piece of work.

Rick · 23rd October 2009, 03:45 AM

Understood then; a giant among KB it is .

22nd October 2009, 11:19 AM	#1
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 7,085	Rick, from the point of view of some Javanese keris fanciers, the finish that this blade has been given is, in fact, artistry, that enhances, rather than detracts from the blade. I can understand that it is not to your taste, and frankly, not really to my taste either, but for some people it spells "excellence" with a capital "E". The question of an attempt to decieve simply does not arise. This keris has been made to the proportions of a keris buda, but upon a massive scale, and incorporating stylistic variations that are not found in a KB. It was never intended to replicate a KB, but to be a work of art in the form of a KB. It is a truly massive keris, you cannot really envisage how massive until you hold it.

23rd October 2009, 12:38 AM	#2
Rick Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,376	I understand Alan . Twenty years and a couple of owners hence though ??

23rd October 2009, 01:31 AM	#3
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 7,085	Not a possibility with this one Rick. I emphasise:- it is MASSIVE. Nobody who had ever handled a keris, let alone a keris Buda, could possibly mistake this art work for an original KB.My pics don't do it justice, it is really a superb piece of work.

23rd October 2009, 03:45 AM	#4
Rick Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,376	Understood then; a giant among KB it is .