Some help here, please

[asomotif]

Originally Posted by A. G. Maisey

Hilt:- remarkably poor quality, current era.

How current is this hilt ?
It is crudely carved, yes, but it has collected quite some patina and dirt in time.
Not medeaval, but maybe mid 20th cent. ?

Best regards,
Willem

[fernando]

Originally Posted by asomotif

How current is this hilt ?
It is crudely carved, yes, but it has collected quite some patina and dirt in time.
Not medeaval, but maybe mid 20th cent. ?

Best regards,
Willem

Well, four hundred years difference ... is no difference

[satsujinken]

Originally Posted by asomotif

How current is this hilt ?
It is crudely carved, yes, but it has collected quite some patina and dirt in time.
Not medeaval, but maybe mid 20th cent. ?

Best regards,
Willem

this keris classified as kamardikan, or made after Indonesia's independence - 1945

so it may be 10 - 20 - 30 years old, but still classified as "newly made" in terms of keris age - and so is the hilt ...

Donny