Interesting big sized javanese keris

A. G. Maisey · 26th April 2010, 10:15 PM

These photos are from a sales site.

Please re-read what I have already written about salesmen's descriptions.

On this site is also shown akasia, however, the colour of the wood shown bears no resemblance to akasia.

The wood identified as kemuning is textbook akasia colour and grain. To confirm that it is akasia it would need to be handled.

Wood big enough for a wrongko and with a chatoyant grain must come from either a branch junction (in some instances) or from the root area. You need a very big tree to get chatoyant grain.

It is a very, very long time since there have been big kemuning trees in Jawa. In 40 years I have never seen large pieces of kemuning wood for sale. Never.

However, this wrongko identified on this sales site has every appearance of a new wrongko.

Perhaps the very worst source of information for somebody who knows very, very little about keris is an Indonesian seller of keris.

There is at least one error in the the other site too.

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26th April 2010, 10:15 PM	#19
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 7,013	These photos are from a sales site. Please re-read what I have already written about salesmen's descriptions. On this site is also shown akasia, however, the colour of the wood shown bears no resemblance to akasia. The wood identified as kemuning is textbook akasia colour and grain. To confirm that it is akasia it would need to be handled. Wood big enough for a wrongko and with a chatoyant grain must come from either a branch junction (in some instances) or from the root area. You need a very big tree to get chatoyant grain. It is a very, very long time since there have been big kemuning trees in Jawa. In 40 years I have never seen large pieces of kemuning wood for sale. Never. However, this wrongko identified on this sales site has every appearance of a new wrongko. Perhaps the very worst source of information for somebody who knows very, very little about keris is an Indonesian seller of keris. There is at least one error in the the other site too.