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Old 29th August 2008, 04:32 PM   #1
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Please can somebody tell me something of the origin of this weapon?

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Old 29th August 2008, 05:51 PM   #2
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Please can somebody tell me something of the origin of this weapon?

Thanks

Sorry I could not attached the pictures and have to find out what is going wrong.
Hi Harold,

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Old 30th August 2008, 09:15 AM   #3
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Well... this is a keris That is all I know But there are some fellows here that they can tell you the nickname of the grandmother of the maker
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Old 30th August 2008, 12:19 PM   #4
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Old 30th August 2008, 12:20 PM   #5
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Harold,

This is a keris. so you posted it in the wrong forum.
The keris is from Indonesia. This is a rather recent made example in a walikat sandang dress. These kind of keris are made for export purposes. I think it should represent a keris from east Java or Madura. Pamor is as far as I can see Udan Mas.
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Old 30th August 2008, 03:59 PM   #6
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Harold:I like this keris
Yannis:?
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Old 31st August 2008, 12:10 AM   #7
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Yes, this is a recent keris, and it is in a variation of the sandang walikat form of dress.

However, these keris are not produced for export purposes, if we take the word "export" to mean to a country outside the borders of Indonesia.

But they are produced for export from their original centers of production in Madura and East Jawa, to other places in Indonesia.

The primary market for current era blades---this is a current era blade--- is Indonesia itself:- Jakarta, Surabaya, provincial cities. A small number of the total production can find its way into the western world.

It is important to realise that keris making in Indonesia is a continuing tradition, and as has been the case in the past, the biggest buyers of current era keris are Indonesians themselves.
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