Figural !

Sajen · 20th December 2012, 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Gustav

Sajen, I see some suspicious little bulbs on this hilt. I hope I am wrong.

Very good eye Gustav, you have been correct. Learning lesson!

David · 20th December 2012, 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Sajen

Very good eye Gustav, you have been correct. Learning lesson!

hmmm....so is it a composite casting...

Sajen · 20th December 2012, 07:57 PM

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Originally Posted by David

hmmm....so is it a composite casting...

Yes, David, indeed. But have luck, the sheath coming with the keris fit very well with a single keris blade I have.

Regards,

Detlef

Marcokeris · 28th December 2012, 09:53 PM

Banjarmasin

Marcokeris · 28th December 2012, 10:00 PM

Java

David · 29th December 2012, 02:53 AM

These last 2 postings show nice hilts Marco, but they don't quite meet the definition of "figural". Certainly they have features that are meant, in their abstract way, to hint at human or animal form, but to my mind these are abstract hilts attempting to disguise the figural form probably due to Islamic restriction of such depiction.

A. G. Maisey · 29th December 2012, 06:27 AM

No comment.

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David Keris forum moderator Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 7,218	These last 2 postings show nice hilts Marco, but they don't quite meet the definition of "figural". Certainly they have features that are meant, in their abstract way, to hint at human or animal form, but to my mind these are abstract hilts attempting to disguise the figural form probably due to Islamic restriction of such depiction.