A new year, a new keris

sirek · 2nd January 2021, 11:51 AM

I have shown a keris in a previous threat with an unusual/rare wrongko (probably East Jawa / West Bali) http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=25133 #5

Now I found another one, a little bit smaller but with the same shape wronko.
(wronko and hilt have a natural "eye")
Total length: 48cm/18.90 inches.
Total length of the blade: 37cm/14.57 inches
Blade without pesie 31cm / 12.20 inches.
Wrongko width 13cm / 5.12 inch, height 5cm/ 1,97 inch
feel free to comment on this keris

David · 2nd January 2021, 05:03 PM

Yes, i remember that other keris Sirek. Really like that one, but then i'm a sucker for a nice kebo keris.
You are right to not a similar treatment with the sheath. The veneer inlaid onto the gandar is indeed something we see more often on Balinese sarungs and once again we see these makings on the atasan where it meets the gandar. Also this keris has what would be considered a Balinese polish to the blade (even though this was indeed once a norm for Javanese keris as well). SO i am inclined to have a similar opinion in this as the other one (and Athanase's keris), that this most probably came from an East Jawa location with a transplanted Balinese population.
Here is a Bali keris with a very similar veneer treatment.

2nd January 2021, 11:51 AM	#1
sirek Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 169	A new year, a new keris I have shown a keris in a previous threat with an unusual/rare wrongko (probably East Jawa / West Bali) http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=25133 #5 Now I found another one, a little bit smaller but with the same shape wronko. (wronko and hilt have a natural "eye") Total length: 48cm/18.90 inches. Total length of the blade: 37cm/14.57 inches Blade without pesie 31cm / 12.20 inches. Wrongko width 13cm / 5.12 inch, height 5cm/ 1,97 inch feel free to comment on this keris Attached Images

2nd January 2021, 05:03 PM	#2
David Keris forum moderator Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 7,121	Yes, i remember that other keris Sirek. Really like that one, but then i'm a sucker for a nice kebo keris. You are right to not a similar treatment with the sheath. The veneer inlaid onto the gandar is indeed something we see more often on Balinese sarungs and once again we see these makings on the atasan where it meets the gandar. Also this keris has what would be considered a Balinese polish to the blade (even though this was indeed once a norm for Javanese keris as well). SO i am inclined to have a similar opinion in this as the other one (and Athanase's keris), that this most probably came from an East Jawa location with a transplanted Balinese population. Here is a Bali keris with a very similar veneer treatment. Attached Images