Seeking information

[chregu]

hello together
Seeking information about this beautiful piece.
blade length: 33cm
whence comes this keris?
Anyone carrying such a Keris?
how old is this Keris?
what a pamor?
how to restore it?

[Rick]

It's a naga form keris .

The blade 'seems' old .

I can't tell the pamor without seeing it in a proper stain .

The hilt seems to be a Surakarta form .

Again, this blade confuses me; is it Mataram style, or Madurese ?? :confused:

The pendok seems to be repoussed on both sides; this is not usual in my limited experience .

Restore ?
No .

Maybe get the blade stained; that's all I would suggest . :shrug:

[Marcokeris]

Is selut from Cirebon area :confused:
i like a lot the grain of old gayaman wood. what kind of wood :confused:

[Greybeard]

Hello Chregu

Welcome to the forum. It's nice to see another Swiss member here!
Your naga keris has a rather nice overall shape and a ganja Kelap Lintah (waved ganja). It's difficult to tell its age, but the keris appears to be heavily polished.

Regards,

Heinz

[A. G. Maisey]

I would limit any restoration of the dress to a light cleaning of the pendok with 0000 steel wool and a polishing cloth, and good quality wax furniture polish on the wood.

The blade does appear to require the attention of a careful and experienced m'ranggi. Since you are in Switzerland, I would endorse Rick's advice :- no blade restoration.

[chregu]

to all who have helped me. och have here a better picture.
gruss chregu

[kulbuntet]

Nice keris,

Iff the keris is allowed to travel, let me know.

Regards Michel

[asomotif]

The hilt appears to have a selut within the selut, and they are not of the same material/style.

I think that this keris has had another type / style of hilt.

the outher selut and pendok are obiously of the same making.
So I would not change that. But maybe indeed a cirebon ukiran would have been the original fitting :shrug:

Nice wood grain indeed.

[Amuk Murugul]

Hullo everybody,

Nice piece! Reminds me of a Naga Sasra by Handjani but in a more recent Tjirebon style with a strong Djawa influence.

Best,

[David]

Hullo everybody,

Nice piece! Reminds me of a Naga Sasra by Handjani but in a more recent Tjirebon style with a strong Djawa influence.

Best,
I haven't a clue what you mean by this. Care to show some examples? :)