Thank you Alam Shah for your analysis.
I join here a few pictures of this kris patrem.
You can see that the ganja was made in several layers of welded iron. I had real difficulty to weld such a small piece as to maintain the heat for such a small piece is a difficulty that Alan Maisey will certainly explain better than I can do.
You can also see my difficulty in silvering the the mendak made in copper !
I love the Hulu that I find very elegant. It has a specific name which I cant recall ! Hulu Jambi or Palembang ?
The sampir was in fact recovered and is to my knowlege palembang but the gandar was remade in the closest wood I could find here in Switzerland but it is not too good.
I will make an other message for your the other remarks
Michel
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