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What we are looking at here in your example David is a log that has been milled to use both sapwood and heartwood;- the sapwood is light coloured and the heartwood is dark coloured.
Only the heartwood of any of the ebony trees is valuable, if we see only the sapwood, it is very difficult to know exactly what we are looking at. |
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Yes Alan. That’s why I wrote “I can’t be sure if this is that wood or not.”
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Yes, understood.
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I too have purchased a modern bethok.
The shape really appeals to me and I came across one which was not consumed by acids to pretend age and simply showed a nicely made (in my opinion) kris with a simple pamor which I believe could be called Pulo Tirto. Last edited by milandro; 7th July 2023 at 10:24 AM. |
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I really had expected at least some comment about my modern betook, granted it is as new as they come but stil probably deserved at least some comment
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I have personally not much to say about these modern pieces, only that the pamor does not look typical of Pulo Tirto (islands in the sea) IMO, and the dapur is odd....
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well the Dhapur, color and pamor (whatever it is) is what attracted me.
I find it very nicely styled and I particularly appreciate the fact that they decided not to immerse it in acid to give it a pretend ancient look. I wanted to have precisely such thing and a German dealer in Denpasar whom I had asked to be on the lookout showed me this. It was not too expensive so I decided to acquire it. Thank you for your comment Jean, maybe others would care to join in the conversation |
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bethok, linggis, methuk |
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