Bali keris ?

A. G. Maisey · 9th May 2014, 06:38 AM

I'm not prepared to offer any opinion on point of origin on the basis of the photo, but I will remark that it is more than a little unusual to find pamor work of this nature in a Balinese blade, particularly an older Balinese blade.

Yes, the blade does have a polished surface, but so did Javanese blades in the distant past. If this keris came into Europe a long time ago it might well be Javanese.

The pamor work is very, very refined work, its the quality I expect to see in one of the better Madura blades of the current era.

Possibly this keris requires more than a cursory examination before we can attempt to fix point of origin.

9th May 2014, 06:38 AM	#6
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 6,991	I'm not prepared to offer any opinion on point of origin on the basis of the photo, but I will remark that it is more than a little unusual to find pamor work of this nature in a Balinese blade, particularly an older Balinese blade. Yes, the blade does have a polished surface, but so did Javanese blades in the distant past. If this keris came into Europe a long time ago it might well be Javanese. The pamor work is very, very refined work, its the quality I expect to see in one of the better Madura blades of the current era. Possibly this keris requires more than a cursory examination before we can attempt to fix point of origin.