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[Alam Shah]

Originally Posted by David

That's a funky looking sheath on that example you posted Alan. Beautiful wood.
I certainly won't argue that occasionally you will find a bugis keris from an indigenous source with this type of hilt orientation...but i just can't imagine what kind of proper grip the owner could have when using his keris as a weapon.

Alan's example reminds me of my piece... [ see here ].
As for hilt orientation, I've seen pieces fixed solid to that orientation, (an example would be one of Paul de Souza's piece). David, I can't imagine as well. If the wielder is a left hander (like myself), the blade orientation would also be at an angle from the other side.