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For someone without a special interest in such I do seem to accumulate pieces from this area.
I recently bought a stripped Keris blade from an online dealer, it arrived today, and now posted here for your perusal and comment..... The top piece is loose but does fit very closely, a pity and not mentioned in the sale description. Next up I suppose is to dress it in a respectful manner. |
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Hello David,
Looks like originating from the eastern Sumatran coast (including the Riau archipelago) to me. Either classical Riau fittings or more generic Bugis-style fittings would go well with this blade. Regards, Kai |
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You should just glue the loose gonjo around the pesi, not a problem.
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I beg to differ Jean.
We do not glue gonjos. We refix them with a key, if a key was used in the first place, or we use a nail punch with a relatively fine tip & punch the gonjo around the pesi so that we achieve a pressure fit. Stylistically this blade would classify as Bugis, and usually Bugis gonjos are fitted by the punch method. In any case, a gonjo is always a pressure fit. |
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Thank you! I did a bit of digging and found what you were writing about... In the process learning a lot more about Keris!
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There is a lot out there to learn, David.
If you like learning, the keris question can keep you occupied for a very long time, I've been learning keris now since 1953, for most of that time I have focused on Javanese keris, and in my opinion, I'm not even halfway through the Javanese course. |
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