BANGKINANG & BAHARI kerises?

[Alam Shah]

Originally Posted by kai

... Thanks for the pics. I have to admit that this one looks odd to me: It's certainly not a regular keris bahari and I suppose it's not from Sumatra nor Malaya.

BTW, are you sure, this is an old blade? For the time being, I even wouldn't want to exclude a recent Madurese origin...

Regards,
Kai

My opinion is with Kai on the piece with the longer pesi. The base area (sor-soran) seems suspicious.

[rasdan]

Hi Ganjawulung,

Sorry for the late reply. I have quite limited internet access at the moment. IMHO the main difference is the "bangun" of the blade. Its hard to explain in words actually..