One of my favourite hilt forms

[Alam Shah]

Originally Posted by ganjawulung

...Why did javanese keris people create “janggelan hilts”? That’s still a question. The nature of janggelan hilts in reality, usually they are simple ornamented, and reflected as a simple hilt, for simple pusakas such as old betok, sombro betok etc... Many of them are made and carved on bones, but some are carved on elephant’s ivory too...

GANJAWULUNG

Thanks Pak Jimmy for the info. I notice that there seems to be a head at the upper portion of the hilt. Some are obvious and others less obvious or hidden. What does that represents?