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About a month ago I got this keris on ebay; turns out that it was Captain Smash who sold it to me! He sold it because it didn't have any fittings.
Sooo.... here's the keris, fitted out! yeah, I know, it ain't 'echt', or whatever word is used in Indonesia, but I feel that it came out pretty good. Wrangka in Sandang Walikat style, rosewood with Ebony and Pink Ivory wood trim; ukiran of Pink Ivory wood in Balinese style, I think it's 'bondolan'. Now, can anybody enlighten me as to the pamor and its qualities? and I know, it most probably isn't old, but I bought it because it appealed to me. I tend to go for quality of manufacture and 'vibes' more than age. |
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: 2008-2010 Bali, 1998-2008 USA
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Nice xcuse ...
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ricikan coming up; I'm just learning to take this kind of picture.
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Pamor pattern is Ngulit Semongko, (Watermelon skin).
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Location: Devon ,England
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Nice work Montino
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It was very interesting to make the wrangka, and I managed to make it so the keris does not rattle in it, but feens snug. The ukiran was made by a friend of mine in Bali, a very gifted carver. I brought the wood with me on my last visit there last year.
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