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9th September 2005, 11:05 PM | #1 |
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Bali Keris
Some members saw this keris when I picked up in Timonium earlier this year. I thought that you (and others) might like to see it after it's round trip to Bali.
The first two pictures are as I picked it up while the others are after it's return to me. |
9th September 2005, 11:26 PM | #2 |
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Ah Mickey, that truly is awesome! Nice staining and a good job on the sheath. What's up with that second set of sogokan. I've never seen that before. A very nice and unusual keris.
BTW, how long was the turn-around time on the work? |
10th September 2005, 02:23 AM | #3 |
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Ah Mickey it's so fine!
Really nice keris terrific pattern and all. Lew |
10th September 2005, 03:53 AM | #4 |
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Wow. That's really beautiful, Mick.
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10th September 2005, 10:55 AM | #5 |
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10th September 2005, 04:48 PM | #6 |
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Forgive me Lord for I have coveted another's goods .
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18th October 2005, 08:10 PM | #7 |
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Nice work. Everything screams Bali to me, though, of course, comtemporary. I was wondering if it was horribly expensive (wondering if I should have send over my Bali scabbard instead of me doing it ).
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19th October 2005, 11:32 AM | #8 |
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Hi Jose. I was wondering if you could define your use of the word contemporary. I also suspect this blade was actually made on Bali, but i do not believe you will find anything like this coming out of Bali today. How broad is your use of the word in this context?
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20th October 2005, 05:24 AM | #9 |
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Perhaps I should have been a little more specific. I was refering to the scabbard and the silver sheath. But on the subject, Nechesh you don't think they are doing work like this on Bali anymore? I know that it would be more expensive, and thus the stuff for the tourist market is not even truly laminated.
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20th October 2005, 11:38 PM | #10 |
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Ah yes Jose, i would definitely agree that the sheath is contemporary. In fact we know it is since Mickey had it made to order.
To answer your question, i am fairly sure that keris of this quality have not been made On the island of Bali for some time. I'm not quite sure where all these higher end contemporary Bali-style keris that keep popping up on eBay are being made. Either Jawa or Madura i would imagine. But i don't believe that there has been much high end keris production on Bali since the before WWII. I would be interested in any evidence to the contrary. |
21st October 2005, 09:55 AM | #11 |
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Well, what I was talking about it the style of the silverwork being contemporary, not the actual dating. I have seen replacement work done in older styles. You don't think that the stuff coming out as Balinese is actually from Bali recently?
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