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rasdan · 26th August 2009, 07:47 AM

G'day Alan,

Thank you Alan for sharing your experience. It would give us new collectors very good points to ponder on.

Hello Sajen,

I had never handled this type of keris before, hope you dont mind me giving some opinions on this.

I think the sheath is not made for the blade. The original sheath mouth is too big for the blade, so someone had enlarged the opening and glued a piece of horn on top of it creating a new sheath mouth which fits perfectly to the blade and it looks original. Why i say this? It is because the horn on top of a sampir does not have any other function that i can think of than what i had said. Additional part must serve a function in my opinion.

Sorry if i am being too straight foward Sajen.

Regards,
Rasdan

26th August 2009, 07:47 AM	#21
rasdan Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Kuala Lumpur Posts: 367	G'day Alan, Thank you Alan for sharing your experience. It would give us new collectors very good points to ponder on. Hello Sajen, I had never handled this type of keris before, hope you dont mind me giving some opinions on this. I think the sheath is not made for the blade. The original sheath mouth is too big for the blade, so someone had enlarged the opening and glued a piece of horn on top of it creating a new sheath mouth which fits perfectly to the blade and it looks original. Why i say this? It is because the horn on top of a sampir does not have any other function that i can think of than what i had said. Additional part must serve a function in my opinion. Sorry if i am being too straight foward Sajen. Regards, Rasdan Last edited by rasdan; 26th August 2009 at 09:22 AM.