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Originally Posted by kai
Nah, it's not a Malay keris sundang. It's a badly done modern repro, most likely from a culture (Madura?) that never had any kind of keris sundang.
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That may well be so, but it is still something created in Indonesia and is has been made in a form much closer to examples of Malay Sundangs than Moro. I believe its intention is to be taken for a Malay Sundang given the included ricikan of this blade and the dress form.
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Originally Posted by kai
Not unless you want to cause sore eyes...  |
Perhaps so, but then it would be an "eyesore" no matter which forum it was posted in.
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Originally Posted by kai
We have always discussed legitimate keris sundang on the ethno forum, not in the warung kopis... [Trying to cut a line between Moro kris, Brunei kris/keris sundang, and Malay/Riau/Indo keris sundang would be pretty futile in many cases - quite a few have Moro blades, anyway!]
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Well, that is demonstrably false Kai. If you search just the Keris Forum for Malay Sundang you will find that we have discussed these numerous times on that board. These blades have always fallen in a bit of a middle ground and you can find discussions of them on both forums. And i think we can agree that this one is not a Moro made blade, yes?