Opinion about this keris

[scarroy]

Somebody can give me some indications about this keris.
Thank's everybody.
Sidney.

[Alam Shah]

The sheath is the typical Javanese Wrangka Gayaman.
The hilt (ukiran) looks Sulawesi Bugis style.
The hilt cup looks like simplified brass Bugis cup. (Not original to the handle, though).
Correction: For keris blade...look at later posts... ;)

[Alam Shah]

See this thread...for reference on Bugis style blades and sheaths. ;)
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=442

[anak bongsu]

hiya there...

wow nice kris you have there.. but.. hulu (handle) should be changed... but pleasa do keep that hulu since its of nice kemuning.... get a javanese one...

Im quite new in this pleasa do correct me if im wrong
blade javanese dapor tilam upih with pamor beras tumpah..

i guess...

buah cempedak luar pagar,
ambil galah tolong jolokkan,
saya anak baru belajar,
kalau salah tolong tunjukkan.

[Henk]

Hello Scarroy,

This is a javanese keris from Solo. Dapur is probably indeed Tilam Upih. Pamor I'm not sure about. As mentioned replace the ukiran and the mendak for a javanese one from solo. Take a look at ebay. At the moment some ukirans with mendak are offered there. Searchword is keris. And keep this bugis ukiran, maybe as a replacement one day or as a seperate collectors item.

[empu kumis]

Hello Henk,

i would like to know what makes this keris a keris from Solo for you

1. The handle
2. the sarung
3. the blade

or its a combination of what ?

[Henk]

Hello Empu Kumis,

The wrangka is in my opinion a typical example for Solo. The blade is typical javanese. A blade from Jogya is mostly smaller, more delicate. That's why I think in this case the blade is from Solo too. The ukiran is typical bugis. The mandak was probably a bugis one too, but i don't know what happened with it.