Origin of blade???

khalifah muda · 1st March 2010, 08:20 PM

Got this blade as it is. The blade is about 15 inches long & pesi is 6cm / 2.36inches. Care for your inputs & discussion.

A. G. Maisey · 2nd March 2010, 08:11 AM

Blade cross-section is characteristic of Bugis style blades.

No idea of geographic point of origin.

BluErf · 2nd March 2010, 04:15 PM

The 2 times I saw keris blades with 'awkward' luk, especially the last luk (displaced a bit too much to the right), was with 2 pattani keris blades. However, the hexagonal cross-section are also quite telling of a Bugis influence. But we hardly see 'true-blue' bugis blades with waves as pronounced as this. By true-blue, I'm referring to blades produced by the Bugis people, and not produced by people in areas under Bugis influence. So this could be a peninsula blade, I reckon.

khalifah muda · 5th March 2010, 09:49 AM

Thanks for the input Alan & Kai Wee, I did felt it has a strong bugis influence too. But the exact origin i thought it might be on the Sumatran side, Minang? Or it could be Riau too? Will update the pics on the cleansed blade soon.

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Originally Posted by BluErf

The 2 times I saw keris blades with 'awkward' luk, especially the last luk (displaced a bit too much to the right), was with 2 pattani keris blades. However, the hexagonal cross-section are also quite telling of a Bugis influence. But we hardly see 'true-blue' bugis blades with waves as pronounced as this. By true-blue, I'm referring to blades produced by the Bugis people, and not produced by people in areas under Bugis influence. So this could be a peninsula blade, I reckon.

khalifah muda · 8th March 2010, 09:50 AM

Some pics showing the cleansed blade.

khalifah muda · 8th March 2010, 09:52 AM

Some more pics.

1st March 2010, 08:20 PM	#1
khalifah muda Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Singapore Posts: 54	Origin of blade??? Got this blade as it is. The blade is about 15 inches long & pesi is 6cm / 2.36inches. Care for your inputs & discussion. Attached Images

8th March 2010, 09:50 AM	#5
khalifah muda Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Singapore Posts: 54	Some pics showing the cleansed blade. Attached Images

8th March 2010, 09:52 AM	#6
khalifah muda Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Singapore Posts: 54	Some more pics. Attached Images

2nd March 2010, 08:11 AM	#2
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 6,894	Blade cross-section is characteristic of Bugis style blades. No idea of geographic point of origin.

2nd March 2010, 04:15 PM	#3
BluErf Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Singapore Posts: 1,180	The 2 times I saw keris blades with 'awkward' luk, especially the last luk (displaced a bit too much to the right), was with 2 pattani keris blades. However, the hexagonal cross-section are also quite telling of a Bugis influence. But we hardly see 'true-blue' bugis blades with waves as pronounced as this. By true-blue, I'm referring to blades produced by the Bugis people, and not produced by people in areas under Bugis influence. So this could be a peninsula blade, I reckon.