6th April 2019, 02:19 PM | #1 |
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madura patrem
From the box that I had bought ,
keris 1 (http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=24660) keris 2: a keris madura patrem Unfortunately with: a Ganja-missing but with a kul buntet and a square pesi At first i thought the gandar had been repaired (through the black ring) but upon closer inspection it seems that it is a sort of kendit in the wood? It is no paint, on some points the wood structure runs slightly through the black. |
6th April 2019, 02:34 PM | #2 |
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Interesting patrem. I am especially intrigued by the pesi. Not only is it squared off, but the heavier bit right at base of the blade is something i have not seen before.
I am not yet completely convinced that the gonjo is missing. This might be gonjo iras. |
6th April 2019, 03:18 PM | #3 |
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I thought that the ganja had sat on the heavier bit right at base?
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6th April 2019, 10:15 PM | #5 |
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David, the enlargement of the pesi at its base is in fact common and the gonjo does fit around it. A gonjo can be fixed in a few ways, you can file a key-way into the gonjo hole and drive in a key, or you can use a punch and expand the meeting faces of the gonjo and pesi, I will not go into the other ways. If you want to use either of these ways to fix a pesi, the enlarged base of the pesi and provision of a shoulder on the pesi assists fixing.
Sirek, the joint between the top part of the wrongko (atasan,gambar) and the bottom part (gandar) has been filled with a mixture of glue and sawdust, the wrongko was not originally intended for this blade and it was necessary to alter the angle of the gandar to atasan. Again, this is a pretty common fix, and a good fix, the cheaper fix is to fill the gap with button shellac. |
7th April 2019, 01:51 PM | #6 |
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thanks for the comment and the clarification,
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