Keris Surakarta today's buy.
 

Today's buy,

I bought this Keris from a colleague he inherited together with some other Tjikeroe knives and Golok from his deceased father in law who was stationed in Indonesia just before the war. I found this Keris appealing to me despite the relatively thin blade. (Not super thin) I don't know the Dapur and the ganja is in a form I have not seen often. The dress is relatively simple and plain and does not fit very good inside the Warangka but the ganja is of nice proportion with the curled up grening. I guess the mendak is a cage mendak from West Java if I am correct.

Who can share some more info about it. I thi k it has 7 Luk

Hi Martin,

The ganja is called ganja wilut! ;) The sarung/scabbard looks very West Javanese to my eyes. The blade is sadly very worn!

Regards,
Detlef

Hi Detlef,

Yes it's worn but it also shows history, and it has been cleaned often so for me it's also a relic of being cherished. So I cleaned the blade allready just need to stain it with warangan and I will get some lessons from someone I met lately. I learn him French polishing and he learns me to stain traditionally Keris. So in june I will start with a few cleaned Keris.

And it is not the only Keris in my collection that is worn so I am fine with it as I still can see the craftsmenship in them.
And thank you for the reply on my message.

Regards, Martin