for my birthday

[Rick]

The engraving looks fantastic !
Any close-ups of the engraving ?

[semar]

I will teak some picteurs tommorow

regards semar

[kai]

Best wishes for your birthday, Hans! Amazing collection!

The engraving looks fantastic !

Can we ascertain that this is Balinese work?

The hilt and blade look rather recent (or reworked) to me.

Regards,
Kai

[semar]

yes this is a balinees keris and aboud the age of this keris ??? but its hard to see whit the balinees keris because the polishing of the blad

[David]

Originally Posted by semar

yes this is a balinees keris and aboud the age of this keris ??? but its hard to see whit the balinees keris because the polishing of the blad

This blade doesn't appear to be in "Bali polish". I was assuming this was recent work given an aged look, but i could be wrong.

[kai]

Originally Posted by David

This blade doesn't appear to be in "Bali polish". I was assuming this was recent work given an aged look, but i could be wrong.

Yes, looks more like Jawa-style warangan done to resemble Bali-style. I seem to remember hints that warangan on Bali is nowadays done by Javanese/Madurese (or based on re-imported skills) - any new info on the current situation?

Regards,
Kai

[kai]

Hello Hans,

this is a balinees keris and aboud the age of this keris ???

Yes, this is obviously a Bali-style keris. I was referring to the silverwork only though. I'd be interested wether these are traditional Balinese motifs. Workmanship looks fairly modern but I could be dead wrong...

Regards,
Kai