metal or fiber wraps on a kris gandar

[David]

Originally Posted by milandro

I have seen other bugis in the NL wrapped with simple rope before (there is one for sale right now , not mine, but I won’t post a picture) , if there is no notch rope would slide off, maybe this was meant to help a toli toli to stay in place (would have been invisible).

This is another one witha simple Toli Toli which may have been adorning a kris like this ( from a museum collection)

Bugis keris are not my main pursuit, but no, i do not believe one needs to notch the wood to prevent a simple cord Passio Sumange from sliding off. In the first link about Passio Sumange that i posted above the first post shows a step-by-step photo series of someone tying a Passio Sumange onto a sheath and there does not appear to be any notched wood in that example. Perhaps someone with more experience with this can weigh in.