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I bought this Balinese keris blade about 8 years ago - just the blade nothing else. With great assistance from Alan, it is finally properly dressed. Thank you very much, Alan.
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A very stunning and at the same time subtle in appearance, congrats!
The hilt? What age is it? Gav |
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Wonderful work and blade! Congrats!
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Thanks!
Pardon my hairy leg in one of the pictures. ![]() The hilt is vintage. |
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Just in case some fellow forumnite is wondering why the ganja is sticking out a bit - we had a discussion thread a short while ago that concluded Balinese blades are supposed to sit a little tall on the sheath. So here it is...
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Hello Kai Wee,
a very nice blade and a beautiful recent sarung and good hilt, congratulation! |
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Indeed!
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Wow !!
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This is lovely and takes my breath away. A great addition to your collection. Congrats!!
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Very good decission. This is a very tastefull keris. Where did you have it stained / polished ? The blade looks very good ! As for the hilt. Quote:
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It is indeed a beautiful piece; the blade is a good blade, and all of the dress outstanding, congratulations!
In my mind it was certainly worth the 8 year old journey, it is breathtaking. Regarding your statement quote: Just in case some fellow forumnite is wondering why the ganja is sticking out a bit - we had a discussion thread a short while ago that concluded Balinese blades are supposed to sit a little tall on the sheath. So here it is... unquote. I am a little concerned that someone out there will take the statement to heart and decide that unless the blade is sitting a little tall on the sheath it is not a correct Bali/Lombok piece. That would be rather unfortunate as the evidence clearly show that Bali/Lombok keris can be legitimately mounted in either way. As a back up to my humble statement I will invite you to visit the Tropenmuseum’s Bali collection and the Bali collection at Volkenkunde in Leiden, here you will find most of the pieces in their collections flush with the sheath, that evidence is overwhelming. Add that to the Djelenga book Keris di Lombok where the result is the same, and I am afraid we cannot say that it is a foregone conclusion that Bali/Lombok blades are supposed to sit a little tall on the sheath. That said I really like the look of your piece, and with that I wish that more of mine have that look as well. But I gather that was left in the creative hands the tukang wrongko who did the scabbard. As I mentioned there is no wrong way both scenarios are legitimate. ![]() |
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The blade was like this when I bought it. It probably was old polish/staining though the blade was much darker when I purchased it. There was a thick oily layer on the blade, which I was told could be some sort of thick gun oil. Over the years, I cleaned it once every few months with Singer oil, which is a mineral parafin oil, and that removed the black oil layer and exposed more and more of the pamor beneath. I now keep the blade wrapped up in plastic in the sheath. I can't remember, but the hilt could be from the 70s. Resin core, silver sheet exterior. |
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nice work....but ring?
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![]() Besides that I think that at best there will be a small handfull on display. While their archive has many exemples and old pictures available. http://collectie.tropenmuseum.nl/nBa...rt=ccrelevance http://collectie.tropenmuseum.nl/nindex.asp?lang=en Quote:
Congrats on this very nice addition ! |
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This is the link to database at the Volkenkunde Museum in Leiden
http://www.rmv.nl/zoek_collectie.asp...for1=kris+bali Not the best or accurate descriptions or photos but between the two museums most likely the most comprehensive collections of keris. ![]() |
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![]() ![]() 1. The tropenmuseum has a rather extensive database. 2. the items are properly named and most of the dated. 3. the pictures give the possibility to zoom in on the object, which is failing at RMV. Look at the 2 examples where I zoomed in on the pictures. http://collectie.tropenmuseum.nl/nBa...=&culturenode= http://collectie.tropenmuseum.nl/nBa...=&culturenode= |
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Hmmm, one with uwer, one without.
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Most keris on pictures being worn by balinese people have an uwer. A lot of keris in their collection don't have uwer's. ![]() The Tropenmuseum website is able to zoom in on the pictures. If you are mathematical / systematical, you can get some info from their collection. |
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