keris for share

[semar]

I found this keris 6 months ago in Purworejo in central java
onle
in a dark corner in someone's home that keris sheath made
the pendok is made of silver and weighs about an ounce
Handels is made from Ivory
selut and mendak silver
the pamor is buntil mayit
en the dapur I think will be Bungkem

regards semar

[Sajen]

Nice keris Semar with a very unusual kembang kacang!

Regards,
Detlef

[David]

Well that's a lovely ensemble. I find it rather attractive. Hope you don't mind if i orient your photo a bit differently. Always easier to read a photo of a keris in this orientation and allows us to better understand the "bow" or forward lead of the blade. Perhaps someone can help me with the Javanese term for that feature which i seem to have forgotten.

[A. G. Maisey]

Most people I know refer to the blade angle as "condong lele":- "condong lelenya" :- "its angle"

[David]

Originally Posted by A. G. Maisey

Most people I know refer to the blade angle as "condign lele":- "condign lelenya" :- "its angle"

Thanks Alan, that's what i was looking for. Getting old is a beautiful, terrible thing…

[David]

OK, really weird that when i hit "quote" to repeat your post at the top of my response it changed your spelling of condong to condign. Damn auto-correct!

[semar]

hello Detlef

this kind of kembang kacang the call it Bungkum

no problem David this way the keris look nice to hahaha


semar

[A. G. Maisey]

David, in most cases, getting old is a whole lot better than the alternative.

[Richard Furrer]

Very conscious pattern...note how the offset waves have a pamor "island" (for lack of a better word) at the apex of ever direction change.
This means the empu either planned that in the beginning or worked with that for the final shaping of the blade.

Ric

[Marcokeris]

Very nice !!