Java or Out side Java Blade/Hilt-all comments welcome.

Jean · 19th May 2013, 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by mykeris

this keris will be sent to the Malaysian Museum for further authentication and research as requested by one of its officials. The blade shows very strong hindu influence, hopefully its genuine.

Good idea to send it to the museum for authentificating the blade, it is very difficult to judge from the pictures but the wayang figure visible on your first picture of the oiled blade looks too intact to be old IMO but of course I could be wrong. Best wishes and please keep us informed of the result.

Regards

mykeris · 21st May 2013, 08:01 AM

Sorry, the museum says..a newly made keris but interesting motifs.

Jean · 21st May 2013, 08:56 AM

Hi Mykeris,
Thank you for sharing the bad news with us

and a good lesson for all the collectors!
Regards

mykeris · 23rd May 2013, 12:58 AM

Hi Jean,
Just got this verbal news from the museum, they retracted their earlier comments. After undergone several tests, the blade is of extra-ordinary archaic buda forms with wayang motifs. Blade thickness is considered unordinary-very thin through out perhaps one of its kind in this form. The hilt is new and mendak comes from the 1800s era. rgrds,

A. G. Maisey · 23rd May 2013, 05:02 AM

Very interesting.

Do you know what tests were done, and how?

The qualifications of the testers?

Or are we just looking at an opinion?

Thank you.

mykeris · 23rd May 2013, 05:44 AM

Thanks Alan.
I would not question museum's standard. tq

it is a Full Stop.

A. G. Maisey · 23rd May 2013, 07:39 AM

Thank you for your enlightening response.

21st May 2013, 08:01 AM	#2
mykeris Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 278	Sorry, the museum says..a newly made keris but interesting motifs.

21st May 2013, 08:56 AM	#3
Jean Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,740	Hi Mykeris, Thank you for sharing the bad news with us and a good lesson for all the collectors! Regards

23rd May 2013, 12:58 AM	#4
mykeris Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 278	Hi Jean, Just got this verbal news from the museum, they retracted their earlier comments. After undergone several tests, the blade is of extra-ordinary archaic buda forms with wayang motifs. Blade thickness is considered unordinary-very thin through out perhaps one of its kind in this form. The hilt is new and mendak comes from the 1800s era. rgrds,

23rd May 2013, 05:02 AM	#5
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 6,989	Very interesting. Do you know what tests were done, and how? The qualifications of the testers? Or are we just looking at an opinion? Thank you.

23rd May 2013, 05:44 AM	#6
mykeris Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 278	Thanks Alan. I would not question museum's standard. tq it is a Full Stop.

23rd May 2013, 07:39 AM	#7
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 6,989	Thank you for your enlightening response.