4th February 2010, 10:31 PM | #1 |
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Seeking information
hello together
Seeking information about this beautiful piece. blade length: 33cm whence comes this keris? Anyone carrying such a Keris? how old is this Keris? what a pamor? how to restore it? |
5th February 2010, 01:11 AM | #2 |
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It's a naga form keris .
The blade 'seems' old . I can't tell the pamor without seeing it in a proper stain . The hilt seems to be a Surakarta form . Again, this blade confuses me; is it Mataram style, or Madurese ?? The pendok seems to be repoussed on both sides; this is not usual in my limited experience . Restore ? No . Maybe get the blade stained; that's all I would suggest . |
5th February 2010, 12:09 PM | #3 |
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Is selut from Cirebon area
i like a lot the grain of old gayaman wood. what kind of wood |
5th February 2010, 12:44 PM | #4 |
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Hello Chregu
Welcome to the forum. It's nice to see another Swiss member here! Your naga keris has a rather nice overall shape and a ganja Kelap Lintah (waved ganja). It's difficult to tell its age, but the keris appears to be heavily polished. Regards, Heinz |
6th February 2010, 12:59 AM | #5 |
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I would limit any restoration of the dress to a light cleaning of the pendok with 0000 steel wool and a polishing cloth, and good quality wax furniture polish on the wood.
The blade does appear to require the attention of a careful and experienced m'ranggi. Since you are in Switzerland, I would endorse Rick's advice :- no blade restoration. |
9th February 2010, 07:03 PM | #6 |
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thanks
to all who have helped me. och have here a better picture.
gruss chregu |
10th February 2010, 09:24 PM | #7 |
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Nice keris,
Iff the keris is allowed to travel, let me know. Regards Michel |
10th February 2010, 10:42 PM | #8 |
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The hilt appears to have a selut within the selut, and they are not of the same material/style.
I think that this keris has had another type / style of hilt. the outher selut and pendok are obiously of the same making. So I would not change that. But maybe indeed a cirebon ukiran would have been the original fitting Nice wood grain indeed. |
11th February 2010, 01:38 AM | #9 |
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Hullo everybody,
Nice piece! Reminds me of a Naga Sasra by Handjani but in a more recent Tjirebon style with a strong Djawa influence. Best, |
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