For comment Keris Peninsula / Sumatra

danny1976 · 6th March 2017, 11:50 AM

Hello ,

My newest 'baby' for comment and discussion .

It is a Panjang blade with a good blade and on the sossoran area it had nice silver inlay , unfortunately partly missing.
Nice old hilt and pendokok / mendak.

With my limited understanding this is a Malayan keris .
Hope I can get more info here , thinks in advance .

Regards,
Danny

kai · 7th March 2017, 12:39 PM

Hello Danny,

That's an interesting keris panjang! The blade is not of the classic Bangkinang type and could very well be Malay, indeed; the flow of lines seems quite nice. I'm less fond of the crude "kinatah" which also looks very recently applied to me (I'd try to hammer it into the crevices some more and then polish the surface of the blade - maybe make sure to leave some "koftgari" on the criss-crossed areas, too).

No idea on the origin of the hilt - village level and probably whittled by a former owner himself; the selut looks rather recent to me.

Maybe a pre-WW2 blade that got dressed up locally?

Regards,
Kai

6th March 2017, 11:50 AM	#1
danny1976 Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Holland Posts: 245	For comment Keris Peninsula / Sumatra Hello , My newest 'baby' for comment and discussion . It is a Panjang blade with a good blade and on the sossoran area it had nice silver inlay , unfortunately partly missing. Nice old hilt and pendokok / mendak. With my limited understanding this is a Malayan keris . Hope I can get more info here , thinks in advance . Regards, Danny Attached Images

7th March 2017, 12:39 PM	#2
kai Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 3,254	Hello Danny, That's an interesting keris panjang! The blade is not of the classic Bangkinang type and could very well be Malay, indeed; the flow of lines seems quite nice. I'm less fond of the crude "kinatah" which also looks very recently applied to me (I'd try to hammer it into the crevices some more and then polish the surface of the blade - maybe make sure to leave some "koftgari" on the criss-crossed areas, too). No idea on the origin of the hilt - village level and probably whittled by a former owner himself; the selut looks rather recent to me. Maybe a pre-WW2 blade that got dressed up locally? Regards, Kai