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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Ann Arbor, MI
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http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=3774040296
Any comments? Should I be depressed because of missing it? |
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Cincinnati, OH
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Hey Ariel, weren't you just lamenting in another thread about all us keris maniacs? If you're not careful you may just become one of us!
![]() Did you miss something? The photos suck, of course, but this appears to be a fairly nice blade. It needs a good cleaning and restaining, but it has some nicely defined ricikan and a beautiful undulating gonjo (i've been wanting a keris with one of these for some time). I'd say it is late 19thC. The sheath looks like a nicely carved jamprahan form sarong. The hilt is a fairly low rent version of the rice diety form, poorly carved, nothing to write home about, and the mendak in recent cheap costume junk, but these parts are fairly easy to upgrade. I'd say it went for a reasonable price and if i had known about it i may very well have been in on the bidding. |
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Join Date: Nov 2004
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Gotta love those out of focus pictures .
![]() The wrongko appears to have a signifigant chip although its form is quite nice . I think the real prize here is the blade possibly , if the blade maintains its 'concave diamond' cross section almost to the tip I would deem it more desirable . But I can't tell that from the pictures .. ![]() A 'handyman special' keris . ![]() |
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Devon ,England
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Ive got 1 similar to this on its way to me [thankfuly i paid less than this went for
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I like your blade as well Capt., though the dress is even more unfortunate.
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Ariel, a constitutional biotch???
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#7 |
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Ann Arbor, MI
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Nechesh,
Anyone is entitled to a bit of bitching! This is my constitutional right and I shall bitch about it as much as I want! ![]() Truly, I know nothing about Krises but this one had something attractive even to an ignoramus that I am: I liked the blade. It was so beautifully proportioned and the lines were so graceful that I just was wanted to keep it in my hands. Do you think Kris spirits tried to tell me something? |
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