Hello Ganja,
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Is there any significant difference, between Malay sundangs and Filipino sundangs?
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The scabbards are definitely Malay. Malayan keris sundang often have blades which seem to originate from Moro smiths; those of local Malay manufacture often have distinct features.
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the supposed to be a "bangkinang" I've shown before, has a pesi/tang's size of 6,5 cm long, round but bigger than normal.
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Yeah, that looks like what I'm used to.
BTW, my piece has a pesi length of 6.0 cm (2.36") and a blade (without pesi) of 51.4 cm (20.24").
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But the supposed to be "bahari" keris, is quite much longer -- 7,8 cm but smaller than the "bangkinang".
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Thanks for the pics. I have to admit that this one looks odd to me: It's certainly not a regular keris bahari and I suppose it's not from Sumatra nor Malaya. I know that Alan has quite a few distinct examples - maybe he can comment on Javanese styles?
BTW, are you sure, this is an old blade? For the time being, I even wouldn't want to exclude a recent Madurese origin...
Regards,
Kai