22nd June 2016, 09:06 AM | #1 |
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maduran hilted keris with uncertain type of blade
i bought this one because i like the hilt. but im completely ignorant about the type or merit of the blade? can anyone let me know what type/dhapur this is? the 'belalai gajah was broken and i get the local silversmith to add a silver one... much bigger than the original and somewhat an inappropriate shape to purists, but i can live with it.
Probably the scabbard was not original to the blade but it fits reasonably well. Last edited by Green; 22nd June 2016 at 09:19 AM. |
22nd June 2016, 09:38 AM | #2 |
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Hello Green,
My opinion is as follows: old and decent Javanese blade with some flaws, gayaman style scabbard from Solo, nice ivory janggelan hilt from East Java/ Madura but poor quality and inadequate selut. From the pics the type/ dhapur of the 11 luk blade does not seem to be a Javanese standard. Regards Last edited by Jean; 22nd June 2016 at 07:44 PM. |
26th June 2016, 10:55 AM | #3 |
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Hello Green,
the janggelan hilt is beautiful! Have a look here: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ight=janggelan Best regards, Detlef |
27th June 2016, 07:55 AM | #4 |
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Hello Detlef;
Those hilts in the link are absolutely beautiful... |
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3rd October 2016, 06:09 AM | #6 |
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Hello Detlef,
Gorgeous janggelan hilts indeed !! |
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