A keris
 

i like

A very nice keris indeed! Dapur Kebo Teki? Pamor Mrutu Sewu?

Hello Marco,
Uncommon dapur, very nice and well contrasted pamor with some raja gudala motifs? but I am puzzled by the pamor extending to the edge on one side and the deep pamor lines visible on the gandik as if there is no steel core?
Best regards
Jean

Jean you are right! No steel core

Hello Marco,
Then you know what it may mean...
Best regards
Jean

Marco, i really like this keris...but then i've always had a soft spot for Kebos. :)

Probably been made by crossed V construction.

Okay, I gotta ask .
Can you go a little deeper on this construction process Alan ?

Rick, at the moment I am working under moderate difficulty and on a public computer, so my explanation will be very brief and with no detail.

There is a method of blade construction that results in the base area of the blade being solid pamor, so it is possible to carve the sogokan and blumbangan quite deep. It was used with some better quality blades and the examples I have seen have been Mataram.

When I get home I can post a pic from a text on mpu work that will demonstrate this clearly.

If i look at the pics of this blade under discussion, it appears that there is in fact a slorok, but that slorok provides an edge that falls short of complete length of the blade. I feel it might be an older blade that has been tidied up a bit.