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Old 14th May 2017, 01:35 PM   #1
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Default Sumatra keris (bahari?) with strange pamor.

Hello,

Here is an old sumatran keris with a unusual pamor (for me), but this is my first keris with this blade shape so I don't know much about it.
The blade isn't in good condition.
The blade is not in a good condition, I just clean the blade (roughly superficially) by rubbing with WD40 and a rag. There was a sort of dark wax in the hollows of the blade, for the moment I did not remove it.
The blade measures 40cm

The selut (silver?) Is broken, and the handle very worn because looking very closely at the head of the jawa deman I could see very fine incisions filled with a black substance. These engravings are very simple and draw loops but impossible to take pictures.

The pamor makes me think a little about the Javanese pamor Pari sawili but there is still much difference.
Do you know the name of this pamor and its meaning?

PS : Sorry for the quality of the pictures. Either the blade was too white or shiny, or too dark. It's the least blurry pictures I've ever done to see the pamor.
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Old 14th May 2017, 04:33 PM   #2
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Nice keris .... about pamori think is difficult to understand.... maybe something like sekar kopi
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Old 14th May 2017, 07:41 PM   #3
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IMHO a dwi warna pamor: wengkon and sekar kopi.
According to the length the blade should be called Anak Alang.
Sumatran long krisses usually have no pamor, a comma-shaped blumbangan and different hilts.
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Old 14th May 2017, 07:57 PM   #4
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Thank you for this informations.
I thought it was sumatra but maybe it is malay?
This kriss has no sheath. What type of sheath would be the most correct with this type of blade?
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Old 16th May 2017, 08:06 PM   #5
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For the type of sheath you can refer to the thread "Anak Alang from Nova Scotia".
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Old 17th May 2017, 05:31 PM   #6
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Ok thank you.
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