identification of origin

keriswarisanpattani · 25th March 2012, 02:45 PM

just bought this keris but not sure either it's terengganu, pattani or sumatera or any other parts. any comments appreciated.

Gustav · 26th March 2012, 12:12 PM

Well, sampir has a Sulawesi flair, batang (or more likely buntut) not so much, blade is bugis, yet I don't know from where (leaning towards Sulawesi), pendokok could be Sulawesi, hilt northern malay.

Interesting, sampir and batang seem to have the same grain: is the grain painted or is it "batang iras" with different finish on sampir and batang?

This was a very nice and interesting blade, with a forging flaw, which perhaps could be acceptable for a bugis blade with such elaborated pamor, yet the damage to the edge reaching the middle of the blade is very disturbing.

25th March 2012, 02:45 PM	#1
keriswarisanpattani Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 12	identification of origin just bought this keris but not sure either it's terengganu, pattani or sumatera or any other parts. any comments appreciated. Attached Images

26th March 2012, 12:12 PM	#2
Gustav Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,249	Well, sampir has a Sulawesi flair, batang (or more likely buntut) not so much, blade is bugis, yet I don't know from where (leaning towards Sulawesi), pendokok could be Sulawesi, hilt northern malay. Interesting, sampir and batang seem to have the same grain: is the grain painted or is it "batang iras" with different finish on sampir and batang? This was a very nice and interesting blade, with a forging flaw, which perhaps could be acceptable for a bugis blade with such elaborated pamor, yet the damage to the edge reaching the middle of the blade is very disturbing.