Kebo Lajer with Kul buntet - opinions?

erikscollectables · 19th June 2009, 08:59 PM

A friend om mine recently acquired a keris that is very very nice in my opinion.

With what I have learned here and in my books my guess is that this is a very old keris with dapur Kebo Lajer and maybe a Kul Buntet?

It came in a very nice wrangka iras.

Would like to hear your determination of this keris as mine probably is incorrect and/or incomplete.

Any ideas on tanguh would be welcome too.

Regards, Erik

kai · 26th June 2009, 02:21 AM

Hello Erik,

I also like the scabbard a lot.

Any pics of the other side as well as of the whole blade?

Regards,
Kai

erikscollectables · 28th June 2009, 05:59 PM

Here is another photo of the keris.
I saw it yesterday in real life and in my opinion it is a remarkable piece!
The scabbard is really really beautiful.
I think it is very old but kept very well and polished superbly.

The kul buntet part has small pieces of gold in it that seem to be part of the forging of the keris....

Regards, Erik

Sajen · 28th June 2009, 06:10 PM

Hello Erik,

a very nice keris indeed. That the gold pieces a part of the foring process I can't believe really, think about the forging temperature.

sajen

David · 28th June 2009, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Sajen

Hello Erik,

a very nice keris indeed. That the gold pieces a part of the foring process I can't believe really, think about the forging temperature.

sajen

I would have to agree there. The gold was probably added after forging. Nice blade and sheath. I happen to like kebo keris very much and have a few of them. I also have a couple with pamor kul buntet which seems to occur with some regularity with this dhapur.
I would say that if the sheath is old it is not that it has been well kept, but rather that it has been re-finished.

erikscollectables · 28th June 2009, 08:28 PM

Well I can imagine the gold melt away during the actual forging.
On the other hand the gold specs do not look like they have been added afterwards. No idea how this works.

Regards, Erik

ganjawulung · 14th July 2009, 06:41 PM

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Originally Posted by David

I would say that if the sheath is old it is not that it has been well kept, but rather that it has been re-finished.

The same opinion with you, David. But at least, the warangka's wood is of good "trembalo" wood, with good chatoyancy too in gandar part...

GANJAWULUNG

19th June 2009, 08:59 PM	#1
erikscollectables Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 318	Kebo Lajer with Kul buntet - opinions? A friend om mine recently acquired a keris that is very very nice in my opinion. With what I have learned here and in my books my guess is that this is a very old keris with dapur Kebo Lajer and maybe a Kul Buntet? It came in a very nice wrangka iras. Would like to hear your determination of this keris as mine probably is incorrect and/or incomplete. Any ideas on tanguh would be welcome too. Regards, Erik Attached Images

28th June 2009, 05:59 PM	#3
erikscollectables Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 318	another photo Here is another photo of the keris. I saw it yesterday in real life and in my opinion it is a remarkable piece! The scabbard is really really beautiful. I think it is very old but kept very well and polished superbly. The kul buntet part has small pieces of gold in it that seem to be part of the forging of the keris.... Regards, Erik Attached Images

26th June 2009, 02:21 AM	#2
kai Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 3,255	Hello Erik, I also like the scabbard a lot. Any pics of the other side as well as of the whole blade? Regards, Kai

28th June 2009, 06:10 PM	#4
Sajen Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Germany, Dortmund Posts: 9,416	Hello Erik, a very nice keris indeed. That the gold pieces a part of the foring process I can't believe really, think about the forging temperature. sajen

28th June 2009, 08:28 PM	#6
erikscollectables Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 318	Well I can imagine the gold melt away during the actual forging. On the other hand the gold specs do not look like they have been added afterwards. No idea how this works. Regards, Erik