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Rick · 9th August 2005, 03:37 PM

Hi Guys ,

First , I think Lew's example is every bit as nice as mine .
I think it's the hilt that may set them apart .

All of these kerisses have been offered by the same Seller on ebay .
He is a Californian , and if IRC spent time in Madura , E.Jawa , Bali and Lombok . He did not state where he bought the kerisses but he did say that he bought a great amount of tombaks while visiting Madura .

The workmanship on all these pieces is as you say quite good for contemporary work although a little lacking on final finish , and in my case scabbard fit . I would suspect that they all were acquired from the same native source .

There are also certain aspects to these keris that remind me of early work from Bantam , W. Jawa .

9th August 2005, 03:37 PM	#16
Rick Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,262	Hi Guys , First , I think Lew's example is every bit as nice as mine . I think it's the hilt that may set them apart . All of these kerisses have been offered by the same Seller on ebay . He is a Californian , and if IRC spent time in Madura , E.Jawa , Bali and Lombok . He did not state where he bought the kerisses but he did say that he bought a great amount of tombaks while visiting Madura . The workmanship on all these pieces is as you say quite good for contemporary work although a little lacking on final finish , and in my case scabbard fit . I would suspect that they all were acquired from the same native source . There are also certain aspects to these keris that remind me of early work from Bantam , W. Jawa .