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Old 1st May 2010, 05:23 PM   #1
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Default Older kris with a nice blade

A recent gain from a friend.
I was surprised by it's size. the blade is somewhat on the diminutive end of the scale. It has a beautiful pattern in my eyes. The imprints on both sides of the blade which resembles foliage with flowers was probably stamped on during the forging of the blade. It looks like teeth of a gear, closeup.
OAL 24.5", Blade 19.5", Width of the blade at mid-length of the blade is only 1". The blade is very slender.
Any opinions on it's age?
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Old 1st May 2010, 05:44 PM   #2
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Beautiful lamination! Remembers to pamor from indonesian keris. Is there a sheat with the kris?
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Old 1st May 2010, 06:48 PM   #3
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W W! Beautiful blade! Seems to be truly an older blade. Great lamination and etching. You are also right in that the engraving/stamping work had to have been done during the forging process or at least when the blade was still heated to be soft enough to be deeply impressed by stamping tools. What a great find! Congrats! (grumble, grumble, envy, envy.. ).
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Old 1st May 2010, 08:47 PM   #4
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I need additional friends like yours!!
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Old 2nd May 2010, 05:11 PM   #5
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Beautiful blade! Yeah, nice friend you have there to pass that along!

Maybe the the stampings can help with age if you could figure out what sort of machine the stamps came from. The three circles: Is it one round stamp used three times or a "three barreled" part? The later might make it a bit more unique, as far as machine parts go. Old typewriter parts come to mind...

I can't say I've ever seen a PI blade with stampings before. Interesting work and nice piece!
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Old 2nd May 2010, 05:22 PM   #6
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It makes one wonder if there is any real significance to the so called eye lash mark seen on other Asian swords. These patterns being made up of an eye lash mark stamp. Was there a trade in decorative tool stamps? just as there is today.
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