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Hello all,
recently I have bought a small Sumatra (?) keris. My first question to you: is it from Sumatra or from Peninsula? Here the pictures from the seller. |
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After I have received it I have had some taskwork surprises. The second white ring at the gandar have been from some sort of tape and the other one show by the hot needle test that it is from plastic. Then I have removed the silver cap from the buntut, see the pictures. The black ring and the original buntut are from real horn. The complete sheat have had a cover with clear varnish, I have removed it with steel-wool, the wood is very nice. I plan to replace the white rings with white water buffalo horn.
But I don't have a clear hunch how the buntut original have looked, here I want to ask you for help. Is it possible that the buntut also have had a white ring? Thank you very much in advance, Detlef |
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Sajen, did you change the pendokok? Why?
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Likely to be a Riau keris. The buntut probably have the same pattern as the throat before ending in a rounded chape.
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Regards, Detlef |
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![]() Sajen, that's a nice piece, congratulations.. the blade need cleaning, though. Last edited by Alam Shah; 15th February 2010 at 09:21 AM. |
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Hi Alam, thank you for comment, yes, the pendokok is from Sumbawa. What do you think about the "original" one. The blade will get a cleaning and a warangan also. Detlef |
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I think this a probably Northern Peninsular keris from Kedah, Perlis or North Perak. The characteristics are: The sampir looks like Riau one, and the "batang sarung" tapers a bit and the buntut is in the "Buntut Lipas" form and the hilt is Jawa Demam that is a bit like the Pattani Pekaka. Some keris from that region uses flat buntut as well. The tips of the sampir are normally triangular like a Terengganu one. However, if somebody choses to take a Riau keris and modify it into this form it nobody can really tell for sure.
I attached a picture of a keris from Pendang, Kedah that i grab from the net. Note the pendongkok looks very Sumatran, but this one is a typical type found on Northern Peninsular keris. The tips of the sampir are rather extreme. |
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http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/attach...id=54668&stc=1 |
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yes I have changed because the "original" seems a little bit to small but I am also not happy with this one, like Alam write it's a Sumbawa one. I hope I found a lotus pendokok. |
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