Keris Luk 7 Riau Restoration
 

I had the good fortune of acquiring this from a fellow forumite some months ago.

Upon inspection it has an interesting composite hulu jawa demam of really old kemuning, somewhat upright, with a buah pinang from dark coloured buffalo horn.

It was then entrusted to a craftsman from Terengganu who selected a piece of kemuning with flashing grains and some sena wood for the batang. I asked him to attempt a broad, Bugis style sarung, maybe not quite sarung penghulu but close enough.

I was fortunate enough to find a smallish pendokok to fit the hulu. In doing so, I noted that the size of the puting is somewhat larger than the diameter of regular Peninsula/Pattani blades.

Am quite happy with the completed work and really enjoyed the whole project.

Let us enjoy your completed restoration works as well. Pictures please. :)
Its a long time since we last met or chatted.

More Images
 

Pak Alam,

There was a glitch in loading the pictures earlier, hopefully luck is on my side this time.

Closer look
 

Buah pinang

Keris views
 

Restored

Keris views
 

Closer view of the whole keris

Keris views
 

Sampir

Keris views
 

Keris and blade

Congratulations, nicely done! Maybe think about to clean the blade a little bit more, I still see some corrosion.

Regards,

Detlef

Cleaning
 

Thanks Detlef,

Will get round to the cleaning this one, though I must confess I've also neglected some others in the keris cupboard that's due for some cleaning :o

This problem I know! :D

Thanks for showing. Personally, I feel that the sheath vs the hilt and hilt ring is not proportionate. As for the blade, it would be better to adopt a more 'peninsular malay' look, rather then the 'steely look' at present.. but then again, it's a matter of personal preference. Congrats.. :)